Part 42 (1/2)

2 Irascible, S

_Douglas_

3 Pungent to the taste, or keenly affecting the organ of s, S

4 Keen, biting; expressive of the state of the atmosphere, S

_Davidson_

5 Certain, assured

_Henrysone_

6 Used obliquely, bright; as ”a _bald_ moon”

_Kelly_

A S _bald_, _beald_, Su G Alem Germ _bald_, audax

_To_ BALD, _v a_ To embolden

_Douglas_

BALDERRY, _s_ Female-handed orchis, a plant, S

_Lightfoot_

BALK and BURRAL, a ridge raised very high by the plough, and a barren space of nearly the same extent, alternately, S B

V ~Bauk~, _s_

_Statist Acc_

BALDERDASH, _s_ Foolish and noisy talk, S Isl _bulldur_, stultorum balbuties

BALEN, _adj_ Made of skin

V ~Pauis~

_Douglas_

Isl Su G _baelg_, Ger_, a skin