Part 37 (1/2)

_Knox._

Fr. _bas-piece_, base or billon money.

BABIE-PICKLE, _s._ The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger one, at the top of a stalk of oats, S.

V. ~Pickle~.

BACHLANE; To ~Bachle~.

V. ~Bauchle~.

BACK, _s._ An instrument for toasting bread above the fire, made of pot-metal, S.

Germ. _backen_, to bake.

BACK, _s._ A large vat used for cooling liquors, S.

Belg. _bak_, a trough.

BACK, BACKING, _s._ A body of followers, or supporters, S.

_Baillie._

BACK-BREAD, _s._ A kneading-trough, S.

BACK-CAST, _s._ A relapse into trouble, or that which is the occasion of it, S.

BACK-CAW, _s._ The same as _Back-cast_, S.

BACKE, _s._ The bat.

V. ~Bak~, ~Backie-bird~.

BACKINGS, _s. pl._ Refuse of wool or flax, used for coa.r.s.er stuffs, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Swed. _bakla lin_, to dress flax.

BACKLINS, _s._ Backwards; as, _To gae backlins_, to go with the face turned opposite to the course one takes, S.