AWSK, _s._ the newt or eft.
AWSOME, _adj._ awful; appalling.
_To_ AX, _v. a._ to ask.
AX-TREE, _s._ an axle-tree.
AYONT, _prep._ beyond.
AY, _adv._ yes.
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BABIE, BAWBIE, _s._ a halfpenny.
BACHLE, BAUCHLE, _s._ an old shoe or slipper.
BACKLINS, _adv._ backwards. _To gae backlins_, to walk
backwards, like a ropemaker.
BACKSPANG, _s._ a trick, or legal quirk; advantage taken by
one over another.
_To_ BACK-SPEIR, _v. a._ to trace a report as far back
as possible; to cross-question.
BACK-SPEIRER, _s._ a cross-examiner.
BADE, _pret_. of bide.
BADRANS, BATHRONS, _s._ a designation for a cat.
_To_ BAE, _v. n_. to bleat like sheep.
_To_ BAFF, _v. a_. to beat.
BAFF, _s._ a stroke or blow.
BAIKIE, _s._ the stake to which a cow is fastened in the
stall.
BAILIE, _s._ an alderman; the deputy of a baron in a
borough of barony.
BAIR, BAR, _s._ a boar.
BAIRD, _s._ a bard or poet.
BAIRN, BARNE, _s._ a child.
BAIRNHEID, _s._ childhood.
BAIRNLY, _adj._ childish.
BAIRNLINESS, _s._ childishness.
BAIRNS-MAID, _s._ a nursery-maid.
BAIS, _adj._ having a deep or hollow sound: bass.
_To_ BAYT, _v. n_. to feed.
BAISEE, BAIVIE, _s._ a large fire; a great blaze.
BAKE, _s._ a biscuit.
BAKSTER, BAXSTER, _s._ a baker.
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