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

Teut. bommele, fucus.

To BUMMIL, v. a. To bungle; also, as v. n. to blunder, S.
Ramsay.

Bummeler, Bumler, s. A blundering fellow, S.

BUMP, s. A stroke. "He came bump upon me," he came upon me with a stroke, S.

Isl. bomps, a stroke against any object, bomp-a, cita ruina ferri.

BUN, BUNN. s. A sweet cake or loaf, generally one of that kind which is used at the new year, baked with fruit and spiceries; sometimes for this reason called a sweetie-scone, S.
Statist. Acc.

Ir. bunna, a cake.

BUN, s.
1. The same as E. bum.
Lyndsay.
2. This word signifies the tail or brush of a hare, Border; being used in the same sense with [fud].
Watson's Coll.

Ir. bon, bun, the bottom of any thing; Dan. bund, id.; Gael. bun, bottom, foundation.

BUN, s. A large cask placed in a cart, for the purpose of bringing water from a distance; Ang.