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. BREEKS, BREIKS, _s._ breeches. BREER, BREARD, _s._ the first blades of grain which appear above ground. _To_ BREER, _v. n._ to germinate. BREID, _s._ breadth. BRENT, _adj._ high; straight; upright. BRENTNEW, quite new. BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ a bridge. _To_ BRIZE, BIRSE, _v. a._ to bruise; to drive or push. BROCHAN, _s._ oatmeal boiled to a consistence thicker than gruel. BROCK, _s._ a badger. BROCKED, BROCKET, _adj._ streaked and spotted, as a _brockit cow_. BROCKLIE, _adj._ brittle. BROD, _s._ a flat piece of wood; a board. _To_ BROG, _v. a._ to pierce. BROGUE, _s._ a coarse kind of shoe made of horse leather with the hair on, used by Highlanders. BROK, _s._ refuse; fragments. BROO, _s._ broth. BROONIE, _s._ a spirit supposed to haunt farm-houses, and which, if treated well, performed the duties of the servants while they were sleeping. BROSE, _s._ a kind of food made by pouring hot water on oatmeal, and mixing them together. _Kail-brose_ is made by substituting broth for water. BROWST, _s._ the quantity of malt liquor brewed at one time. BRUGH, BURGH, _s._ a borough; a circular encampment; the hazy circle round the moon. BRUSE, BROOSE, BRUISE, _v. a._ _To ride the bruise_, to run a race on horseback at country weddings. 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.