Part 57 (1/2)

_To_ BEJAN, _v a_ When a new shearer co lifted by the ars, and struck down on a stone on his buttocks; Fife This custoin in so_

BEIK, _s_ A hive of bees

V ~Byke~

_To_ BEIK, BEKE, BEEK, _v a_

1 To bask, S

_Barbour_

2 To warm, to communicate heat to

_Ramsay_

3 It is often used in a neuter sense, S

_Ywaine_

Belg _baeker-en_ is used in the same sense; _baeker-en een kindt_, to war _baekeren in de sonne_ But our word is more immediately allied to the Scandinavian dialects; Su G _bak-a_, to warm

BEIK, _adj_ Warm

_Bannatyne Poems_

BEIK, _s_

1 This word pri the beak or bill of a fowl, is ”sometimes used for a man's mouth, by way of contempt;” Rudd

_Douglas_

2 It is used, as a cant word, for a person; ”an auld _beik_,” ”a queer _beik_,” &c S

Belg _biek_, Fr _bec_, rostrum It may be observed that the latter is metaph applied to a person

V ~Bejan~

_To_ BEIL, BEAL, _v n_

1 To suppurate, S

_Maitland Poems_

2 To swell or rankle with pain, or remorse; metaph applied to the mind, S B