A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Boterace], v. to buttress; butteras, Palsg.; boteraced, pp., PP.

[ Bothe], adj. both, PP, S; baþe, S, S2; beoðe, S; beðe, S; buoðe, S2.—Icel. báði, both (neut.).

[ Botme], sb. bottom, C, C3, Prompt.; boþom, a vale, S2, NED; boþem, S2.—AS. botm.

[ Botme-les], adj. bottomless, CM.

[ Botnen], v., to heal, to recover, MD; botened, pp. bettered, P. See [Bote].

[ Botun], sb. button, bud, Prompt., Voc.; bothom, MD, CM; buttonys, pl., S3.—OF. bouton, button, bud (Cotg.).

[ Bouel], sb. bowel, MD; bouele, S2.—OF. boel (and boele); Lat. botellus.

[ Bouge], sb. a leathern bottle or wallet, uter, W2 (Ps. 77. 13); bowge, W2, Prompt.—OF. bouge, budget, leather-case; Low Lat. bulga, leathern vessel (Voc.). Cf. Waterbulge.

Cross-reference could not be identified. In sources other than the Dictionary, the most common term is “water bouget”.

Bouhte; see [Biggen].