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

Fr. bas-piece, base or billon money.

BABIE-PICKLE, s. The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger one, at the top of a stalk of oats, S.
V. [Pickle].

BACHLANE; To Bachle.
V. [Bauchle].

BACK, s. An instrument for toasting bread above the fire, made of pot-metal, S.

Germ. backen, to bake.

BACK, s. A large vat used for cooling liquors, S.

Belg. bak, a trough.

BACK, BACKING, s. A body of followers, or supporters, S.
Baillie.

BACK-BREAD, s. A kneading-trough, S.

BACK-CAST, s. A relapse into trouble, or that which is the occasion of it, S.