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

Isl. bang-a, to strike, bang-ast, to run on one with violence.

BANGSTRIE, s. Strength of hand, violence to another in his person or property.

From Bangster.

Acts Ja. VI.

BANKERS, s. pl. Apparently the same with [Bancouris], q. v.

BANKROUT, s. A bankrupt.
Skene.

Fr. banquerout, Ital. bancorotto, Teut. banckrote, id.

BANNOCK, BONNOCK, BANNO, s. A cake, baked of dough in a pretty wet state, and toasted on a girdle, S.
Bannatyne Poems.

Ir. boinneog, bunna, Gael. bonnach, a cake.

Bear-bannock, s. A cake of this description, baked of barley-meal, S.
Ritson.