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

BOWSIE, adj. Crooked, S.

Fr. bossu, id.

BOWSUNES, s. Obedience.
Wyntown.

A. S. bocsumnesse, obedientia.

BOWT, s.
1. A bolt, a shaft; in general.
Chron. S. Poet.
2. A thunderbolt, S.
Ross.

To BOX, v. a. To wainscot, to cover with boards, S.

BOXING, s. Wainscotting; Sir J. Sinclair, p. 170., S.

BRA, BRAE, BRAY, s.
1. The side of a hill, an acclivity, S.
Barbour.
2. The bank of a river, S. Breea, A. Bor. id.
3. A hill, S.
Ross.
4. Conjoined with a name, it denotes the upper part of a country; as "Bra-mar, Bra-Cat, the Braes of Angus;" S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
To gae down the brae, metaph. to be in a declining state, in whatever sense; to have the losing side, S.

C. B. bre, a mountain, pl. breon, bryn; Gael. bre, bri, brigh, a hill. Isl. braa, cilium, the brow; whence augnabraa, the eye-brow; and bratt signifies steep, having an ascent.

To BRA, v. n.
1. To bray.
2. To make a loud and disagreeable noise.
Douglas.