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

A. S. bocsum, buhsum, obediens, tractabilis, from bug-an, Belg. buyg-en, flectere.

2. "Blythe, merry," Rudd.

To BOUT, BOWT, v. n. To spring, to leap, S. "bouted up," Rudd. vo. up-boltit.
Lyndsay.

Teut. botten, op-bott-en, to rebound, resilire.

BOUT, s. A sudden jerk in entering or leaving an apartment; a hasty entrance or departure; the act of coming upon one by surprise; S.

BOUTGATE, s.
1. A circuitous road, a way which is not direct, S. from about, and gait way.
Ross.
2. A circumvention, a deceitful course, S.
R. Bruce.
3. An ambiguity, or an equivocation, in discourse.
Bp. Forbes.

BOW, s. A boll; a dry measure, S.
Monroe.

BOW, BOLL, LINTBOW, s. The globule which contains the seed of flax. Bow is the pron. S.
Polwart.

Germ. boll, id. oculus et gemma plantae, caliculus ex quo flos erumpit; Wachter.

BOW, BOWE, s.
1. The herd in general; whether inclosed in a fold or not.
Douglas.
2. A fold for cows, S.
Bannatyne Poems.