BOOL, s. A contemptuous term for a man, especially if advanced in years. It is often conjoined with an epithet; as "an auld bool," an old fellow, S.
Su. G. bol, the trunk of the body, as distinguished from the head and feet.
BOOLS of a pot, s. pl. Two crooked instruments of iron, linked together, used for lifting a pot by the ears, S.; also called clips.
Teut. boghel, numella; Germ. bugel, any thing that is circular or curved.
BOOL-HORNED, adj. Perverse, obstinate, inflexible, S. apparently from the same origin with [Bools].
Boolie-horned, Border, and W. of S. A. Bor. buckle-horns, short crooked horns turned horizontally inwards.
BOONMOST, adj. Uppermost, S. pron. bunemist.
Ross.
A. S. bufan, bufon, above, and most.
BOOT, BUT, BOUD, BIT, BUD, BOOST, v. imp. Behoved, was under a necessity of, S.; He boot to do such a thing; he could not avoid it. It bit to be; it was necessary that this should take place.
Ross. Burns.
Bus and bud occur in the same sense in Ywaine and Gawin. Most probably it is a corr. of behoved, Belg. behoeft.