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_Barry._
BISMING, BYISMING, BYISNING, BYSENING, BYSYNT, _adj._ Horrible, monstrous.
V. ~Byssym~.
_Douglas._
BYSPRENT, _part. pa._ Besprinkled, overspread.
_Douglas._
Belg. _besprengh-en_, to sprinkle.
BISSARTE, BISSETTE, _s._ A buzzard, a kind of hawk.
_Acts Ja. II._
Germ. _busert_, Fr. _bussart_, id.
_To_ BYSSE, BIZZ, _v. n._ To make a hissing noise, as hot iron plunged into water, S.
_Douglas._
Belg. _bies-en_, to hiss like serpents.
BISSE, BIZZ, _s._ A hissing noise, S.
_Ferguson._
BYSSYM, BYSYM, BESUM, BYSN, BISSOME, BUSSOME, BYSNING, _s._
1. A monster.
_Houlate._
2. A prodigy, something portentous of calamity.
_Knox._
3. _Bysim_ is still used as a term highly expressive of contempt for a woman of an unworthy character, S.
V. ~Bisming~.
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