BANNIN, pr. pa. swearing.
BANDKYN, s. a species of cloth, the warp of which is thread of gold and the woof silk, and adorned with figures.
BANDSTER, BANSTER, s. one who binds sheaves after the reapers in the harvest field.
BANE, s. a bone.
BANE-FYER, s. a bonfire.
To BANG, v. a. to change place with impetuosity— as, to bang up, to start to our feet suddenly.
BANNOCK, s. a cake of barley or pease meal baked on a girdle.
BANNOCK-FLUKE, s. a turbot.
BAP, s. a thick cake, baked in an oven, with yeast in it, and made of flour, oat meal, or barley meal, and sometimes a mixture of two of them.
BARE, adj. lean; meagre; naked; uncovered.