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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."


BOUR, _s._ the private chamber of a lady in ancient times.
BOURTREE, BOUNTREE, _s._ common elder-tree.
BOW, _s._ a boll; eight pecks.
BOW, _s._ the arch of a bridge; a gateway; a crooked path.
BOWIE, _s._ a small cask or barrel; a milk pail.
BOWSIE, _adj._ crooked; applied to a crooked person, who is
called a _bowsie_.
BRACE, _s._ the chimney-piece.
BRACKEN, BRAIKEN, BROCKEN, _s._ the fern.
_To_ BRACK, _v. a._ to break.
BRACKIT, BRACKET, BRUCKIT, _adj._ speckled.
BRAE, _s._ tho side of a hill; an acclivity.
_To_ BRAG, _v. a._ 1. to defy; 2. to reproach.
BRAID, BRADE, _adj._ wide; broad.
BRANDNEW. See BRENTNEW.
BRANDER, _s._ a gridiron.
_To_ BRANDER, _v. n._ to broil.
BRANG, _part. pa._ brought.
BRANKS, _s._ a swelling in the glands of the neck.
BRAT, _s._ a coarse apron.
BRATCHET, BRATCHART, _s._ an opprobrious term, equivalent
to _whelp_.
BRAW, BRA, _adj._ fine; gaily-dressed.
BRAWLY, BRAVELY, _adv._ very well.
BRAWS, _s._ fine clothes; a person's best suit.
BRAXY, BRACKS, _s._ a disease in sheep.
BREADBERRY, _s._ pap, used as food for children.
BREAK (_of a hill_,) _s._ a hollow cleft in a hill.
BRECHAME, BRECHEM, _s._ the collar of a horse.
BREE, BRIE, BREW, BROO, _s._ broth; soup.
BRE, BREE, _s._ the eyebrow.


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