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

Buller, Bulloure, s.
1. A loud gurgling noise, S.
Douglas.
Hence, the Bullers of Buchan, the name given to an arch in a rock, on the coast of Aberdeenshire.

Su. G. buller, strepitus.

2. A bellowing noise; or a loud roar, S. B.
V. [the v.]

BULLETSTANE, s. A round stone, S.

Isl. bollut-ur, round; bollut, convexity.

To BULLIRAG, v. a. To rally in a contemptuous way, to abuse one in a hectoring manner, S.

Isl. baul, bol, maledictio, and raegia, deferre, to reproach.

BULLS, s. pl. Strong bars in which the teeth of a harrow are placed, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. bol, Isl. bolr, truncus.

BULL-SEGG, s. The great cat-tail or reedmace, Typha latifolia, Linn. S. B.