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

BATWARD, s. A boatman; literally, a boat-keeper.
Wyntown.

Isl. bat, cymba, and vard, vigil, Swed. ward, custodia.

BAVARD, adj. Worn out, in a state of bankruptcy.
Baiver and baiver-like, are used in S. to signify shabby in dress and appearance.
V. [Bevar].
Baillie.

Fr. bavard, baveur, a driveller; also, a babbler.

BAUBLE, s. A short stick, with a head carved at the end of it like a poupée, or doll, carried by the fools of former times.
Lord Hailes.

Fr. babiole, a toy, a gewgaw.

BAUCH, BAUGH, BAACH, (gutt.) adj.
1. Ungrateful to the taste. In this sense waugh is now used, S.
Polwart.
2. Not good, insufficient in whatever respect, S. as "a baugh tradesman," one who is far from excelling in his profession.
Ramsay.
Bauch-shod, a term applied to a horse, when his shoes are much worn, S.
3. Indifferent, sorry, not respectable, S.
Ramsay.
4. Not slippery. In this sense ice is said to be bauch, when there has been a partial thaw. The opposite is slid or gleg, S.

Isl. bag-ur, reluctans, renuens; bage, jactura, nocumentum (offals); baga, bardum et insulsum carmen.

BAUCHLY, adv. Sorrily, indifferently, S.
Ramsay.

BAUCHNESS, s. Want, defect of any kind, S.