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

Allied perhaps to Isl. bobbe, malum, noxae; or E. bob, to beat, as denoting the suddenness of its impulse.

BUBBLY, adj. Snotty, S. A. Bor.

Bubblyjock, s. The vulgar name for a turkey cock, S. synon. [Polliecock], S. B.
Grose.

The name seems to have originated from the shape of his comb.

BUCHT, s. A bending; a fold.
V. [Bought].

To BUCK, v. n. To push, to butt, Perths.

Alem. bock-en, to strike; Su. G. bock, impulsus.

To BUCK out, v. n. To make a guggling noise.

BUCKER, s. A name given to a species of whale, West of S.
Statist. Acc.

BUCKIE, BUCKY, s.
1. Any spiral shell of whatever size, S.
Muse's Threnodie.
The Roaring Buckie, Buccinum undatum, Linn. is the common great whelk.