Barknit, adj. clotted, hardened. Douglas, II, 84, 15. pp. of vb. barken, to tan. See above.
Bask, adj. dry, withering (of wind). Jamieson, Dumfries. Dan. barsk, hard, cold, en barsk Vinter, a cold winter. Cp. Sco. "a bask daw," a windy day. M. L. G. barsch and basch do not agree in meaning with the Sco. word; besides the sk is Scand. For loss of r before sk cp. hask from harsk.
Bauch, bawch, baugh, adj. awkward, stiff, jaded, disconsolate, timid. Sat. P. 12, 58; Dunbar Twa. M.W. 143; Rolland, IV, 355; Johnnie Gibb, 127, 2. O. N. bagr, awkward, clownish, inexperienced, unskilful. Bauchly, poorly, in Ramsay, II, 397.
Bayt, vb. to feed, graze. Bruce, XIII, 589, 591; Lyndsay, 451, 1984. O. N. bæit, to feed, to graze, causative from bita, literally means to make to bitE. Norse bita, to graze, Sw. beta, M. E. beyten. In many diall. in Norway the word means "to urge, to force." Cp. bait.
Beck, sb. a rivulet, a brook. Jamieson. O. N. bekkr, O. Sw. bäkker, Norse bekk, O. Dan. bæk. Sw. bäck, a rivulet. In place-names a test of Scand. settlements.
Beet, vb. to incite, inflame. Burns, 4, 8. Same as bait, incite, q.v. Cp. Cu. "to beet t'yubm, to supply sticks, etc. to the oven while heating" (Dickinson).
Big, begg, sb. barley. Fergusson, II, 102; Jamieson, Dumfries. O. N. bygg, Dan. byg. See Wall. Cp. Shetland big.
Begrave, vb. to bury. Douglas, II, 41, 25; IV, 25, 22; IV, 17, 8. Dan. begrave, Norse begrava, O. Sw. begrava, begrafwa, to bury. Possibly not a loanword.
Bein, bene, bein, adj. liberal, open-handed, also comfortable, pleasant. Douglas, III, 260, 23; Fergusson, 108; Sat. P. 12, 43. Beine, hearty, in Philotus, II, is probably the same word. O. N. bæinn.
Beir, vb. to roar. Douglas, II, 187, 1. See bir, sb.