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

BU-MAN, s. A name given to the devil.
V. under [Bu].

BUMBARD, adj. Indolent, lazy.

Ital. bombare, a humble-bee.

Dunbar.

Bumbart, s.
1. The drone-bee, or perhaps a flesh-fly.
Melvill's MS.
2. A drone, a driveller.
Dunbar.

BUMBAZED, BOMBAZED, adj. Stupified, S.
V. [Bazed].
Ross.

Q. stupified with noise; from Teut. bomme, tympanum, and baesen, delirare.

BUMMACK, BUMMOCK, s.
1. An entertainment anciently given at Christmas by tenants to their landlords, Orkn.
Wallace's Orkn.
2. A brewing of a large quantity of malt, for the purpose of being drunk at once at a merry meeting.—Caithn.

Isl. bua, parare, and mage socius, q. to make preparation for one's companions; or bo villa, incola, and mage, the fellowship of a village or of its inhabitants.

BUMMIL, BUMMLE, BOMBELL, s. Expl. a drone, an idle fellow.
V. [Batie-Bummil].
Burns.