An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BAIST, s. One who is struck by others, especially in the sports of children, S. B.

BAISTIN, s. A drubbing, S.

BAIT, s. A boat.
V. [Bat].

To BAYT, v. a. To give food to.
Barbour.

Isl. beit-a, to drive cattle to pasture, beit pasture.

To BAYT, v. n. To feed.
Gl. Sibb.

BAITTLE, adj. Denoting that sort of pasture, where the grass is short and close, Selkirks.

Isl. beitinn, fit for pasture.

BAIVEE, s. A species of whiting.
Sibbald.

BAK, BACKE, BAKIE-BIRD, s. The bat or rearmouse, S.
Douglas.