| Blauds—large pieces |
Bum—to hum |
| Blew—to blow |
Bumming—humming |
| Blawing—blowing |
Buneuchs—a laxness, looseness |
| Blether—a bladder |
Burd—a bird |
| Blether—to talk idly |
Buttl't—a quantity of straw bundled |
| Blethered—talked idly |
Burdles—diminutive of burd |
| Blethering—talking idly |
Burn—a rivulet |
| Bleeze—a flame |
Burnies—diminutive of burn |
| Bleezing—blazing |
Burrel—a barrel |
| Blin—blind |
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| Blink—a little time |
Ca', ca'f—calf |
| Blowt—to throw out anything with a sudden force |
Ca'd—called |
| Blue—whiskey (a cant term) |
Caft, coft—bought, got |
| Blude, bluid—blood |
Cairns—heaps of stones |
| Bocket—vomited |
Callan—a boy |
| Bookin, bockan—vomiting |
Cam'—came |
| Bodie—a person, used either in contempt or familiarity |
Camsheugh—cross, ill-tempered |
| Bodle—a Scottish coin, equivalent to one-eighth of an English penny |
Cankry—crabbedly |
| Bole—a hole or press in the wall, chiefly near the fire-place, for holding many things, particularly the family library |
Cankriest—crabbedest |
| Bool—an old man |
Canna—cannot |
| Bonny, bonnie—pretty, lovely |
Canny—cautious |
| Booze—to tipple to drink |
Canty—merry, cheerful |
| Bordert—bordered |
Cauld, caul'—cold |
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Bore—name of the act of a weaver turning round his
beam with woven cloth upon it
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Cauler—quite fresh |
| Bouster—a pillow |
Cawsey, causey—causeway |
| 'Bout-gates—circuitous ways |
Carle—an old man |
| Bra', braw—beautiful, fine |
Carlings—old women |
| Brae—the side of a hill |
Cap—a small wooden dish |
| Braid—broad |
Cap-stane—cope-stone |
| Brak—broke |
Chafts—the chops |
| Brawly, bra'ly—well, nicely, finely, handsomely |
Chanler-chafs—lean and meagre visaged |
| Bree, brue—juice, sauce |
Chaps—young fellows |
| Breeks—breeches |
Chap—a blow, a knock |
| Brither—brother |
Chappet—have struck |
| Brogs—small boring instruments |
Chaunerin—murmuring and grumbling |
| Brod—a board, broad |
Chappin—striking |
| Brock—a badger |
Chaist—pursued |
| Brooze—contest |
Cheeps—chirps, supplicatory words |
| Brose—a dish made by pouring boiling water on oatmeal, and stirring it, then adding some milk |
Cheepin—chirping |
| Bug—built |
Chield, chiel—a young fellow |
