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Scots Dictionary
Scots Words by Letter:
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Ba'
a ball.
babby
baby
Baccy
Tobacco
backdoor-trot
diarrhoea
Backet
bucket box.
back-haun
overdue
Backie
Help a friend climb a wall or to carry a passenger on a bicycle
Backit
backed.
backjaw
impudence
backlins
backwards
Backlins-comin
coming back.
backspeir
question; interrogate; cross examine
back-yett
private gate
Back-yett
gate at the back.
Bade
endured.
Bade
asked.
baffies
slippers
Baggie
stomach.
bahookie
posterior; bottom
Bahookie
Bum / Bottom
Baig'nets
bayonets.
bailie / beylie
magistrate, equivalent of English alderman; farm steward
baillie
justice of the peace
Baillie
magistrate of a Scots burgh.
Bainie
bony.
baird
beard
bairn
child
bairn
make pregnant; child
Bairn
child.
bairn
child
bairn's bairn
grandchild
bairnskip
childhood
Bairntime
brood.
baists
animals (Brock
baith
both
Baith
both.
Bakes
biscuits.
ballant/ballat
ballad; song
Ballats
ballads.
Balmoral
older style cap
baloo
sing a lullaby; lullaby
Balou
lullaby.
Baltic
Really cold
Bampot
Derogatory term / Person of an unstable nature
Bamstick
Akin to a bampot, perhaps a liitle more complex
Ban
swear.
Ban'
band (of the Presbyterian clergyman).
bane
bone
Bane
bone.
banefire
bonefire
Bang
an effort; a blow; a large number.
Bang
to thump.
Banie
v. bainie.
Banjo
Hit someone
Banjoed
Getting hit, Punched
Bannet
bonnet.
bannock
biscuit or scone
Bannock, bonnock
a thick oatmeal cake.
Banter
Talk (usually describe interesting talk)
bap
roll, small loaf
Bar L
Barlinnie jail
bard
minstrel, poet
Bardie
dim. of bard.
Barefit
barefooted.
barelies
hardly; scarcely
Barket
barked.
Barley-brie or bree
barley-brew-ale or whiskey.
Barm
yeast.
barmekin
medieval defensive enclosure
Barmie
yeasty.
Barney
Fight
Barn-yard
stackyard.
Barras
The barrows market
Barrbru, Babru
Irn Bru
Bartie
the Devil.
Bashing
abashing.
Bass, Ya
Bastard, word originally used by the Gorbals gangs from the 1960s
Batch
a number.
bate
beat
Batts
the botts, the colic.
bauchle
to shuffle; worn-out shoe; old, feeble person
bauchle
worn-out shoe (literally), an old and dishevelled man (figuratively)
Bauckie-bird
the bat.
baudrons
cat
Baudrons, Baudrans
the cat.
Bauk
cross-beam.
Bauk
v. bawk.
Bauk-en'
beam-end.
Bauld
bold.
Bauldest
boldest.
Bauldly
boldly.
Baumy
balmy.
baurley
barley
baurley
breathing space; respite; truce
baurley-bree
whisky
baw
ball
baw heid
bald head
Bawbag
Ballbag, term of endearment.
bawbee
sixpence in old money
Bawbee
a half-penny.