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

BEUCH, s. (gutt.) A bough, a branch, S.
Douglas.

A. S. boga, boh, id. from bug-an, to bend.

BEUCHIT, part. pa. (gutt.) Bowed, crooked, S
Douglas.

A. S. bug-an, curvare.

BEUGH, s. (gutt.) A limb, a leg, Border.
Evergreen.

Isl. bog, Alem. puac, Germ. bug, id. The term is applied both to man and to other animals. Both Ihre and Wachter view bug-en, to bend, as the origin; as it is by means of its joints that an animal bends itself.

BEUGLE-BACKED, adj. Crook-backed.
Watson.

A. S. bug-an, to bow; Teut. boechel, gibbus. Germ. bugel, a dimin. from bug, denoting any thing curved or circular. It is undoubtedly the same word that is now pronounced [boolie-backit], S.

BEUKE, pret. v. Baked.
Douglas.

A. S. boc, pret. of bac-an, pinsere.