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

BALDERRY, s. Female-handed orchis, a plant, S.
Lightfoot.

BALK and BURRAL, a ridge raised very high by the plough, and a barren space of nearly the same extent, alternately, S. B.
V. [Bauk], s.
Statist. Acc.

BALDERDASH, s. Foolish and noisy talk, S.

Isl. bulldur, stultorum balbuties.

BALEN, adj. Made of skin.
V. [Pauis].
Douglas.

Isl. Su. G. baelg, Germ. balg, a skin.

BALYE, s. A space on the outside of the ditch of a fortification, commonly surrounded by strong palisades.
Spotswood.

Fr. bayle, a barricado, L. B. ball-ium.

BALLANT-BODDICE, s. Boddice made of leather, anciently worn by ladies in Scotland, S. B.
V. [Balen].

BALLINGAR, BALLINGERE, s. A kind of ship.