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

Perhaps from Isl. bolg-a, tumere, or Su. G. bolginn, swollen, q. "swelling leaves," as being supposed by the vulgar in S. to be efficacious in removing swellings.

To BOLYN, v. n. To lay tack aboard.
Maitland Poems.

O. Fr. bolin-er, to sail by a wind, or close upon a wind.

BOLL, Lintseed Boll.
V. [Bow].

BOLLMAN, s. A cottager, Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

Perhaps from Su. G. Isl. bol, villa, and man, q. the inhabitant of a village. It is always pronounced bowman.

BOLME, s. A boom, a waterman's pole.
Douglas.

Germ. baum, Belg. boom, a tree.

BOLNIT.
V. [Boldin].

BOLNYNG, s. Swelling.
V. [Boldin].
Henrysone.