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Blae, livid. — J. 



Ble, livid.— C/i. 



" Oh ! the bonny brackifc lassie, 



She's blae beneath the e'en."— Scotch Sony. 

 Bug and Bugaboo, a bugbear.—/. Bug is used in the sense of 



bogle or spectre by Shakespeare. 

 Bogle, a spectre. The word boggle, to start aside, swerve for fear, 



occurs in Shakespeare's " All's Well that Ends Well." Skeat 



believes the two words to be connected. 

 Brogues. In " Cymbeliue " we have " And put my clouted In-ogues 



from off my feet." 

 Biilk, for whole body, equivalent to the Scotch word Buik, occurs 



in Shakespeare's Lucrece. 

 Bairn, a child.—/. In Langland's "Pier's Plowman," previous to 



Chaucer. 

 Bullyrag, to abuse another in a noisy manner.—/. Shakespeare 



in "Merry Wives of Windsor" has Bullyrook, a noisy, 



dashing fellow. To Ballyrag is known as slang among Cam- 

 bridge students. 

 Belyve, Blive. — J. Immediately ; forthwith ; occurs in Spenser's 



" Faerie Queen." 

 Bucht, Boughts, a bending, a fold, a pen in which ewes are milked. 



— / In Spenser, circular folds or windings. 



" Will ye gang to the ewe's biichts, Marion." — Scotch Soikj. 

 Buff, a stroke ; a blow. — J. 

 Biiffe, a blow ; a buffet. — Spefiser. 

 Busk, to dress ; to attire oneself; to deck.—/. This word is in 



" Pier's Plowman." 

 Byre, cow-house.—/ This is also a North English word. It 



is cognate to bower. While Scotland has retained byre a 



cow-house, England has retained bower as meaning an arbour. 

 Carle, a man ; a boor.—/. In Cymbeline we have 

 " Could this carle, 

 A very drudge of nature, have subdued me ?" 

 Chirkers, this is the Dumfriesshire word for crickets. In Chaucer 



to chirk means to chirp. The verb is given in J., the Dum- 

 friesshire noun under Charkers. 

 Cark, a load ; a burden.^/ We are familiar with it in the 



expression " Cark and care." In Spenser it means care. 

 Crag, Craig, Cragge, the throat.—/ This word was common in 



Renfrew when I was a boy. It is used in Spenser for the 



" neck." 



