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

BISMAR, BYSMER, s. A steelyard, or instrument for weighing resembling it; sometimes bissimar, S. B., Orkn.
V. [Pundlar].
Barry.

Isl. bismari, besmar, libra, trutina minor; Leg. West Goth. bismare, Su. G. besman; Teut. bosemer, id. stater; Kilian. G. Andr. derives this word from Isl. bes, a part of a pound weight.

BISMARE, BISMERE, s.
1. A bawd.
Douglas.
2. A lewd woman, in general.
Douglas.

"F. ab A. S. bismer, contumelia, aut bismerian, illudere, dehonorare, polluere," Rudd.

BISMER, s. The name given to a species of stickle-back, Orkn.
Barry.

BISMING, BYISMING, BYISNING, BYSENING, BYSYNT, adj. Horrible, monstrous.
V. [Byssym].
Douglas.

BYSPRENT, part. pa. Besprinkled, overspread.
Douglas.

Belg. besprengh-en, to sprinkle.

BISSARTE, BISSETTE, s. A buzzard, a kind of hawk.
Acts Ja. II.

Germ. busert, Fr. bussart, id.