_Botch-house_; house spoilt and disfigured. 237.
_Bouk_; from "_bulk_;" the corpse of man or beast. 141.
_Bound-road_; boundary-line. 273, 286.
_Brae_; declivity, slope of a hill. 69 141, etc. Above ordinary bounds.--"From bank to brae." 147, etc.
_Braird_; the sprouting up blade of young wheat, or the like. 259.
_Brangle_; to shake into disorder, shake to and fro. 41, 196.
_Brash_; a passing fit of sickness. 186.
_Broadside_; openly, frankly. 81. --_Lay on the broadside_; lay flat. 24.
_Brod_; same as _board_. 328, etc.
_Brook_, or _bruke_; enjoy, possess. 140, 115, 249.
_Browden_; eagerly desirous of, foolishly attached to. 77.
_Browst_; a brewing, or what one brews for himself. 188. An ill-managed matter is "an ill-browst."
_Bud_; to bribe, try to win over by a gift. 63, 88, 277.
_Bulks._--See _Bouk_.
_Burrows_, or _borrows_; (Anglo-Saxon) a pledge or security. _Law-burrows_; security given not to injure the person or property of one. 61, 163, 184, 222.
_Bushy-biel_ (see _Life_). In Scotch, _bield_ is a _shelter_. The name of Rutherford's house is said by some to have been "_Bush o' Biel'_," the bush of shelter. In old Scott. Prov., we find, "Every man bows to the _bush_ he gets _bield_ frae." Yet it is more probable that the name is corrupted from _Bosco Beoll_, or _Boscobel_, "the fair wood," like the celebrated spot in Shropshire where Charles I. hid in the oak.
_Busk_; adorn, deck. 22, 42, 133, 143.
_But_; only, only this and no more. 102, 188.
_Buy a plea_; get up a charge, when properly there is no room for it. 74, 75, 161, 171, 284.
"_Buy up_;" to bribe; or so to buy up as to set another aside. 261, 265.
_By_, or _bye_; aside from, past, as in Acts xx. 16, "sail by." 23, 105, 148, 160, 175. Also: Without, 96; beside, 359.--"Lock-by," mislock, 218.
_By-board_; side-table where the children sat. 77, 111, 197.
_By-errand_; message done at leisure time, as being of little importance. 191, 199.
_By-going_; passing by. 122.
_By-gone_; passed away. 71, etc.
_By-gones_; things forgotten. 62, 72.
_By-good_, or _bye-good_; an object in addition to some other good. 195.
_By-hand_; aside. 72, 276.
_By-look_, side-look. 249.
_By-past_; time that has elapsed, or recently, as a thing done. 190.
_By-purse_; a side purse, away from the other. 284.
_By-work_; work done at leisure time only. 191.
_Canny_; prudent, cautious and skilful. Adv., _cannily_. 69.
_Card_; chart or map. 69, 232.
_Cast_; participle, _casten_: throw or fling. 324. --_Cast the balance_; turn the scale. 153. --"_To cast at_;" be sulky, quarrel with. 4, 23. --"_To cast up_;" to upbraid. --"_To cast out with_;" quarrel. 224, 254. --"_Cast a knot_;" tie so as not to slip. 122.
_Cast_, a Noun; lot, fate. "_Common cast_;" a providence occurs often in Brown of Wamphray. 185, 265.
_Casualty_; emoluments beyond the stated yearly dues paid to the superior. 240, 253.
_Cauldrife_; susceptible of cold; lukewarm. 198.
_Caums_; a mould. 282. --_Moulds_ being often made of pipe-clay, it became customary to call pipe-clay "caum-stone." Baillie in his "Letters" spells it "caulms." In Gaelic, _cuma_ means a _pattern_, or shape.
_Causey_ (Fr., _chausée_); the public street. "To keep the crown of the causey" is to make bold appearance in the public street in open day. 52, 59, 69, 181. The streets in those days were raised in the middle, and had gullies on either side. The French had the phrase, "Tenir le haut du pavé." See "Notes and Queries," March 29, 1873.
_Caution_; security, surety. 2, 19, etc. --Adj., _Cautionary_. 187. And as Noun, suretyship. 114.
_Challenge_; charge, upbraiding, accusation. 2, 10, etc.
_Cheap_ is connected with "chapman;" from the old English "_chap_," a bargain. The phrase "Better cheap." 216, 293. --And so "_Good cheap_," properly "_a good bargain_."
_Chirurgeon_; surgeon. 293, 295. Greek and Latin word.
_Clap_; something done unexpectedly. "_In a clap_;" like thunder suddenly heard. 264.
_Clay_; earth, earthenware. 291, etc. --"Clay-banks," 300. So "Clay-heavens," 294; "_clay-pawns_," 300, bodies of dust.
_Cleck_; to hatch a brood, swarm. 281.
_Clipped_; coin not of full weight. 81.
_Clog_; to adhere; form an encumbrance. 249. --Used in old English.
_Close_, a Noun; the lane or porch leading into the house. 157.
_Close_, Adv.; "_close off_," completely. 50, 82 (like the phrase close-shaven), 88.
_Closet-ward_; guard-room. 254.
_Coast_; to sail near land, sail from one port to another. 301.
_Coastful_; full to the utmost shore. 201.
_Cog_; to fix the teeth of a wheel, and so stop its motion; put on a drag. 51, 194, 229.
_Coldlike_; like a fire going out; hope abating. 179.
_Coldrife_, 198. --See _Cauldrife_. "How coldrife and indifferent are ye!" (Sermon on Isa. xlix. 1-4). Chilly, heartless.