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

BOURD, BOURE, s. A jest, a scoff, S.
Kelly.
Houlate.

BOURIE, s. A hole made in the earth by rabbits, or other animals that hide themselves there; E. a burrow.
Monroe.

From the same origin with [Bourach].

BOURTREE, BORETREE, BOUNTREE, s. Common elder, a tree; Sambucus nigra, Linn.; A. Bor. Burtree.
Lightfoot.

It seems to have received its name from its being hollow within, and thence easily bored by thrusting out the pulp.

BOUSHTY, s. Expl. "bed." Aberd.
Shirrefs.

The same with [Buisty], q. v.

BOUSTOUR, BOWSTOWRE, s. A military engine, anciently used for battering walls.
Wyntown.

Su. G. byssa, bossa, signifies a mortar, an engine for throwing bombs; Bombarda, Ihre; formerly byssor; from byssa, theca, a box, or case; because in these tubes, as in cases, bullets are lodged.

BOUSUM, BOWSOM, adj.
1. Pliant, tractable.
Palice Honour.