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

Although baid be understood of clothing, I suspect that it, as well as bit, originally signified food, from A. S. bead, a table.

BYT, s. The pain occasioned by a wound.
Douglas.

A. S. byt, morsus, metaph. used.

BYTESCHEIP, s. A contemptuous term, meant as a play on the title of Bishop.
Semple.

BITTILL, s. A beetle, a heavy mallet, especially one used for beating clothes.
Houlate.

To BYWAUE, v. a. To cover, to hide, to cloak.
Douglas.

A. S. bewoef-an, Moes. G. biwaib-jan, id.

To BIZZ, v. n. To hiss. V. [Bysse].

To BIZZ, BIZZ about, v. n. To be in constant motion, to bustle, S.

Su. G. bes-a, a term applied to beasts which, when beset with wasps, drive hither and thither; Teut. bies-en, bys-en, furente ac violento impetu agitari, Kilian.