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_Douglas._

This phrase is perhaps merely a circ.u.mlocution for the _bipennis_, or large ax.

V. ~Balax~.

BILTER, _s._ A child, Dumfr.; Isl. _pilter_, puellus.

BIN, _s._ A mountain, S. O.

_Galloway._

From Gael. _ben_, id., Lomond _bin_, being synon. with _Benlomond_.

BIND, BINDE, _s._

1. Dimension, size; especially with respect to circ.u.mference. A barrel of a certain _bind_, is one of certain dimensions, S.; hence _Barrell bind_.

_Acts Ja. III._

2. It is used more generally to denote size in any sense.

_Acts Marie._

3. Metaph. to denote ability. ”Aboon my _bind_” beyond my power. This is often applied to pecuniary ability; S.

This use of the word is evidently borrowed from the idea of _binding_ a vessel with hoops.

BINDLE, _s._ The cord or rope that binds any thing, whether made of hemp or of straw; S.

Su. G. _bindel_, a headband, a fillet, from _bind-as_, to bind.

Teut. _bindel_, ligamen.

BINDWOOD, _s._ The vulgar name for ivy, S.; Hedera helix, Linn.; p.r.o.n.

_binwud_.

Denominated, perhaps, from the strong hold that it takes of a wall, a rock, trees, &c. q. the _binding wood_. It is probably the same which is written _benwood_.

_Statist. Acc._

BING, _s._

1. A heap in general.