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Johnson. It is thus used in O. E.

BEVIE, _s._ A jog, a push, S. from the same source with _bevel_.

V. ~Baff~, _s._

BEVIS.

V. ~Bevar~.

BEUCH, _s._ (gutt.) A bough, a branch, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _boga_, _boh_, id. from _bug-an_, to bend.

BEUCHIT, _part. pa._ (gutt.) Bowed, crooked, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _bug-an_, curvare.

BEUGH, _s._ (gutt.) A limb, a leg, Border.

_Evergreen._

Isl. _bog_, Alem. _puac_, Germ. _bug_, id. The term is applied both to man and to other animals. Both Ihre and Wachter view _bug-en_, to bend, as the origin; as it is by means of its joints that an animal bends itself.

BEUGLE-BACKED, _adj._ Crook-backed.

_Watson._

A. S. _bug-an_, to bow; Teut. _boechel_, gibbus. Germ. _bugel_, a dimin. from _bug_, denoting any thing curved or circular. It is undoubtedly the same word that is now p.r.o.nounced _boolie-backit_, S.

BEUKE, _pret. v._ Baked.

_Douglas._

A. S. _boc_, pret. of _bac-an_, pinsere.

BEULD, _adj._ Bow-legged, Ang.; q. _beugeld_ from the same origin with _beugle_, in _Beugle-backed_, q. v.

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