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

Teut. brost-en, brusten, Sw. brist-a, id.

BRWHS, s. Apparently, the same with [Brus].
Wyntown.

To BU, BUE, v. n. To low. It properly denotes the cry of a calf, S.

Lat. boo, —are, id.

BU, BOO, s.
1. A sound meant to excite terror, S.
Presb. Eloquence.
2. A bugbear, an object of terror, Ibid.

Belg. bauw, a spectre; C. B. bo, a hobgoblin.

Bu-kow, s. Any thing frightful, as a scarecrow, applied also to a hobgoblin, S.
V. [Cow].

From bu, and kow, cow, a goblin.

Bu-man, s. A goblin; the devil, S. used as Bu-kow.

BUB, BOB, s. A. blast, a gust of severe weather.
Douglas.