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

BULDRIE, s. Building, or mode of building.
Burel.

BULYIEMENT, s. Habiliments; properly such as are meant for warfare.
V. [Abulyiement].
Ross.

Bulyiements is still used ludicrously for clothing, S.

To BULL, v. n. To take the bull; a term used with respect to a cow. Both the v. and s. are pron. q. bill, S.

Bill-siller, S., is analogous to Teut. bolle-gheld, merces pro admissura tauri.

To BULLER, v. n.
1. To emit such a sound as water does, when rushing violently into any cavity, or forced back again, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. bullr-a, tumultuari, strepitum edere.

2. To make a noise with the throat, as one does when gargling it with any liquid, S. [guller], synon.
Bellenden.
3. To make any rattling noise; as when stones are rolled downhill, or when a quantity of stones falls together, S. B.
4. To bellow, to roar as a bull or cow does, S.; also pron. bollar, Ang.

Isl. baul-a, mugire, baul mugitus.

5. It is used as v. a. to denote the impetus or act productive of such a sound as is described above.
Douglas.