Part 52 (1/2)

Perhaps from Su. G. _ba.s.se_, vir potens, V. ~Bausy~, or _base_, spectrum, and _brun_, fuscus, q. the strong goblin of a brown appearance.

BAXTER, _s._ A baker, S.

V. ~Bakster~.

_Ramsay._

BAZED, BASED, BASIT, _part. pa._

_Watson's Coll._

_Maitland Poems._

Teut. _baes-en_, delirare; Belg. _byse_, _bysen_, turbatus; Su. G.

_bes-a_ denotes the state of animals so stung by insects, that they are driven hither and thither; Fr. _bez-er_, id.

BE, _prep._

1. By, as denoting the cause, agent, or instrument, S.

_Barbour._

2. Towards, in composition; as, _be-east_, towards the east; _be-west_, towards the west, S.

_Wyntown._

3. Of, concerning; as, _be the_, concerning thee.

_Wallace._

4. By the time that.

_Diallog._

5. During, expressive of the lapse of time.

_Keith._

A. S. _be_, per; de; circa.

_Be than_, by that time.

BE, _part. pa._ Been.