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BAACH a. Ungrateful to the taste.
BAACH adj. 1. Ungrateful to the taste. In this sense “waugh” is now used, Scotland. 2. Not good, insufficient in whatever respect, Scotland. as 'a “baugh” tradesman,' one who is far from excelling in his profession. 3. Indifferent, sorry, not respectable, Scotland. 4. Not slippery. In this sense ice is said to be “bauch”, when there has been a partial thaw. The opposite is “slid” or “gleg”, Scotland. See also: BAUCH, BAUGH, (GUTT.).
BAB v. To dance, Scotland. See also: BOB.
BABIE n. A copper coin equal to a halfpenny English, Scotland. See also: BAWBIE.
BABIE-PICKLE n. The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger one, at the top of a stalk of oats, Scotland.
BACHEL n. 1. An old shoe, used as a slipper, Scotland. 2. Whatsoever is treated with contempt or disrespect. “To mak a bauchle of” any thing, to use it so frequently and familiarly, as to shew that one has no respect for it, Scotland. See also: BAUCHLE.
BACHLANE expr. To ~Bachle~.
BACHLE v. 1. To wrench, to distort, to put out of shape; as '“to bauchle shoon”,' to wear shoes in so slovenly a way as to let them fall down in the heels, Scotland. 2. To treat contemptuously, to vilify. See also: BAUCHLE, BAWCHYLL, (GUTT.) BASHLE.
BACK n. A body of followers, or supporters, Scotland. See also: BACKING.
BACK n. A large vat used for cooling liquors, Scotland.
BACK n. An instrument for toasting bread above the fire, made of pot-metal, Scotland.
BACK-BREAD n. A kneading-trough, Scotland.
BACK-CAST n. A relapse into trouble, or that which is the occasion of it, Scotland.
BACK-CAW n. The same as “Back-cast”, Scotland.
BACK-SET n. 1. A check, any thing that prevents growth or vegetation, Scotland. 2. Whatsoever causes a relapse, or throws one “back” in any course, Scotland.
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