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

BAWSAND, BASSAND, BAWSINT, adj.
1. Having a white spot on the forehead or face; a term applied to a horse, cow, &c., S.
Douglas.
2. It seems to be used as equivalent to brindled or streaked, S. A.
Minstrelsy Bord.

Hence, it would seem, bassie, an old horse, S.

Fr. balzan, balsan, a horse that has a white mark on the feet; deduced from Ital. balzano, and this from Lat. bal-ius, a horse that has a white mark either on the forehead or feet. Germ. blaesse, Su. G. blaes, a white mark on the forehead of a horse. Hence perhaps E. blazon, and blaze.

BAWSY-BROWN, s. A hobgoblin; viewed as the same with Robin Goodfellow of England, and Brownie of S.
Bannatyne Poems.

Perhaps from Su. G. basse, vir potens, V. [Bausy], or base, spectrum, and brun, fuscus, q. the strong goblin of a brown appearance.

BAXTER, s. A baker, S.
V. [Bakster].
Ramsay.

BAZED, BASED, BASIT, part. pa.
Watson's Coll.
Maitland Poems.

Teut. baes-en, delirare; Belg. byse, bysen, turbatus; Su. G. bes-a denotes the state of animals so stung by insects, that they are driven hither and thither; Fr. bez-er, id.

BE, prep.
1. By, as denoting the cause, agent, or instrument, S.
Barbour.
2. Towards, in composition; as, be-east, towards the east; be-west, towards the west, S.
Wyntown.
3. Of, concerning; as, be the, concerning thee.
Wallace.
4. By the time that.
Diallog.
5. During, expressive of the lapse of time.
Keith.

A. S. be, per; de; circa.