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

Teut. bander-heer, baner-heer, baro, satrapa.

BANERMAN, s. A standard-bearer.
Wallace.

Su. G. banersman, vexillifer.

BANES-BRAKIN, s. A bloody quarrel, "the breaking of bones," S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

To BANG, v. n. To change place with impetuosity; as, to bang up, to start from one's seat or bed; to bang to the dore, to run hastily to the door, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. baang, tumult, Isl. bang-a, to strike.

To BANG out, v. a. To draw out hastily, S.
Ross.

BANG, s.
1. An action expressive of haste; as, He cam wi' a bang, S.
In a bang, suddenly, S.
Ross.
2. A great number, a crowd, S.
Ramsay.

To BANG, v. n. To push off with a boat, in salmon-fishing, without having seen any fish in the channel, Aberd.
Law Case.

BANGEISTER, BANGSTER, s.
1. A violent and disorderly person, who regards no law but his own will.
Maitland Poems.
2. A braggart, a bully, S.
Ross.
3. A loose woman, Clydes.