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

A. S. Alem. Isl. and Su. G. bat; C. B. and Ir. bad, cymba.

BATHE, BAITH, BAYTH, BAID, adj. Both, S. Baid is the pron. of Angus.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. ba, bai, bagoth; A. S. ba, buta; Alem. bedia, bedu, beidu; Isl. and Su. G. bade; Dan. baade; Germ. beide; Belg. beyde; ambo.

BATIE, BAWTY, s. A name for a dog, without any particular respect to species; generally given, however, to those of a larger size; S.
Poems Buchan Dial.

Perhaps from O. Fr. baud, a white hound; baud-ir, to excite dogs to the chace.

BATIE, BAWTIE, adj. Round and plump, applied either to man or beast, Clydesd.

BATIE-BUM, BATIE-BUMMIL, s. A simpleton, an inactive fellow.
V. [Blaitiebum].
Maitland P.

From batie a dog, and bum, to make a humming noise. Teut. bommel, a drone.

BATS, s. pl. The disease in horses called in E. the bots, S.
Polwart.

Teut. botte, papula, a swelling with many reddish pimples that eat and spread; Swed. bett, pediculi, from bit-a, mordere.