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

BIND, BINDE, s.
1. Dimension, size; especially with respect to circumference. A barrel of a certain bind, is one of certain dimensions, S.; hence Barrell bind.
Acts Ja. III.
2. It is used more generally to denote size in any sense.
Acts Marie.
3. Metaph. to denote ability. "Aboon my bind" beyond my power. This is often applied to pecuniary ability; S.

This use of the word is evidently borrowed from the idea of binding a vessel with hoops.

BINDLE, s. The cord or rope that binds any thing, whether made of hemp or of straw; S.

Su. G. bindel, a headband, a fillet, from bind-as, to bind. Teut. bindel, ligamen.

BINDWOOD, s. The vulgar name for ivy, S.; Hedera helix, Linn.; pron. binwud.

Denominated, perhaps, from the strong hold that it takes of a wall, a rock, trees, &c. q. the binding wood. It is probably the same which is written benwood.

Statist. Acc.

BING, s.
1. A heap in general.
Lyndsay.
2. A heap of grain, S.
Douglas.
3. A pile of wood; immediately designed as a funeral pile.
Douglas.
4. "A temporary inclosure or repository made of boards, twigs, or straw ropes, for containing grain or such like;" Gl. Sibb., where it is also written binne.

Dan. bing, Sw. binge, Isl. bing-r, cumulus.

To BYNGE, v. n. To cringe.
V. [Beenge].