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

To BIG, BYG, v. a. To build; S., Cumb., Westmorel., id.
Wallace.

This word occurs in O. E. although not very frequently. A. S. bycg-an, Isl. bygg-ia, Su. G. bygg-a, aedificare, instruere, a frequentative from bo, id.; as it is customary with the Goths thus to augment monosyllables in o; as sugg-a from so, a sow.

BIGGAR, s. A builder, one who carries on a building.
Acts Marie.

BIGGING, BYGGYN, BYGGYNGE, s. A building; a house, properly of a larger size, as opposed to a cottage, S.
Wallace.

Biggin, a building, Gl. Westmorel. Isl. bigging, structura.

BIGGIT, part. pa. Built.

This word is used in various senses, S.

Biggit land, land where there are houses or buildings, contrasted with one's situation in a solitude, or far from any shelter during a storm, S.
Barbour.
Weill biggit, well-grown, lusty.
Melvill's MS.
A weill biggit body is one who has acquired a good deal of wealth, S. B.

BIGGIT, pret. Perhaps, inclined.

A. S. byg-an, flectere.