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

Su. G. bo, bu, either the herd or the flock; armenta, pecora, grex; Dan. boe, a shed, booth or stall.

BOW, s.
1. An arch, a gateway, S.
Knox.
2. The arch of a bridge, S.
Muses Threnodie.

Teut. boghe, id. arcus, concameratio; from bogh-en, flectere; A. S. bog-a, "an arch of a bridge or other building;" Somner.

BOW, s. As applied to a house.
V. [Boo].

BOWAND, adj. Crooked.
Douglas.

A. S. bugend, id.

BOWAT, s. A hand-lanthern.
V. [Bowet].

BOWBARD, s. A dastard, a person destitute of spirit.
Douglas.

Teut. boeverje, nequitia. Or, shall we rather view it as originally the same with [Bumbart], q. v.?

BOWBERT, adj. Lazy, inactive.
Douglas.