Metaphorically--
to contend; to strive.
_To_ BRUSH, _v. a._ to rush forth with speed.
BU, BOO, _s._ a sound often made use of to excite terror in
children. _Bu-man,_ the devil, or a goblin; an imaginary
evil being; a phrase used to keep children in subjection.
BUBBLY, _adj._ snotty.
BUBBLYJOCK, _s._ a turkey-cock.
BUCHT, _s._ a fold; a bending; the fold of a ribbon.
BUCKIE, BUCKY, _s._ any spiral shell.
BUCKIE-INGRAM, _s._ the soldier-crab, _Cancer
bernardus_, which always inhabits the shells of other
animals.
_To_ BUCKLE, _v. a._ to join together, as in marriage.
BUCKLE-THE-BEGGARS, _s._ a person who marries others in a
clandestine manner.
BUCKTOOTH, _s._ a tooth jutting out from the others.
BUFF, _s._ a stroke; nonsense.
BUFFER, _s._ a foolish fellow.
BUFFET, _s._ a blow.
BUFFETS, _s. pl._ swellings in the glands.
BUFFIE, _adj._ swelled; blown up; puffed up.
BUIK, _s._ the body; the chest.
BUIK, BUK, BUKE, _s._ a book.
BUIRDLY, BURDLY, _adj._ large and well-made; stately.
_To_ BULLER, _v. n._ to make a noise like water
rushing to and fro in the cavity of a rock.
_To_ BULLIRAG, _v. a._ to abuse; to tease; to rally in
contempt; to reproach.
BULYIEMENTS, _s._ habiliments.
_To_ BUM, _v. n._ to make a sound like that of bees;
the sound emitted by a bagpipe.
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