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

BULL-SEGG, s. A gelded bull.
V. [Segg].

BULTY, adj. Large, Fife.

This may be allied to Teut. bult, gibbus, tuber; Belg. bult, a bunch, bultje, a little bunch; Isl. buld, crassus.

BULWAND, s. The name given to common mugwort, Orkney, Caithn.
Neill.

To BUM, v. n.
1. To buzz, to make a humming noise; used with respect to bees, S. A. Bor.
J. Nicol.
2. Used to denote the noise of a multitude.
Hamilton.
3. As expressing the sound emitted by the drone of a bag-pipe, S.
Ferguson.
4. Used to denote the freedom of agreeable conversation among friends, S. B.

Belg. bomm-en, to resound; Teut. bomme, a drum.

Bum, s. A humming noise, the sound emitted by a bee, S.,
V. [the v.]

Bumbee, s. A humblebee, a wild bee that makes a great noise, S. Bumble-bee, id. A. Bor.

Q. the bee that bums.

Bum-Clock, s. A humming beetle, that flies in the summer evenings.
Burns.