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

BOTHIE, BOOTHIE, s. A cottage, often used to denote a place where labouring servants are lodged, S.
Neill.

Su. G. bod, a house, a cottage; Gael. bothag, bothan, a cot.

To BOTHER, BATHER, v. a. To teaze one by dwelling on the same subject, or by continued solicitation, S.

BOTHNE, BOTHENE, s.
1. A park in which cattle are fed and inclosed.
Skene.
2. A barony, lordship, or sheriffdom.
Assis. Reg. Dav.

L. B. bothena, baronia, aut territorium.

BOTINYS, s. pl. Buskins; Gl. Sibb.

Fr. botine, cothurnus.

V. [Boiting].

BOTTLE-NOSE, s. A species of whale, S. Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

BOTTOM-ROOM, s. The name vulgarly given to the space occupied by one sitter in a church, S.