_Birnie_, birnie ground is where thick heath has been burnt, leaving
the birns, or unconsumed stalks, standing up sharp and stubley.
the birns, or unconsumed stalks, standing up sharp and stubley.
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_Baws'nt_, having a white stripe down the face.
_Be_, to let be, to give over, to cease.
_Beets_, boots.
_Bear_, barley.
_Bearded-bear_, barley with its bristly head.
_Beastie_, diminutive of beast.
_Beet_, _beek_, to add fuel to a fire, to bask.
_Beld_, bald.
_Belyve_, by and by, presently, quickly.
_Ben_, into the spence or parlour.
_Benmost-bore_, the remotest hole, the innermost recess.
_Bethankit_, grace after meat.
_Beuk_, a book.
_Bicker_, a kind of wooden dish, a short rapid race.
_Bickering_, careering, hurrying with quarrelsome intent.
_Birnie_, birnie ground is where thick heath has been burnt, leaving
the birns, or unconsumed stalks, standing up sharp and stubley.
_Bie_, or _bield_, shelter, a sheltered place, the sunny nook of a wood.
_Bien_, wealthy, plentiful.
_Big_, to build.
_Biggin_, building, a house.
_Biggit_, built.
_Bill_, a bull.
_Billie_, a brother, a young fellow, a companion.
_Bing_, a heap of grain, potatoes, &c.
_Birdie-cocks_, young cocks, still belonging to the brood.
_Birk_, birch.
_Birkie_, a clever, a forward conceited fellow.
_Birring_, the noise of partridges when they rise.
_Birses_, bristles.
_Bit_, crisis, nick of time, place.
_Bizz_, a bustle, to buzz.