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4. Size, stature, S. _bulk_; _Boukth_, bulk, Gl. Lancash.

_J. Nicol._

5. The greatest share, the princ.i.p.al part, S.

_Cleland._

_To_ BOUK, _v. n._ To bulk, S.

Hence,

BOUKIT, BOWKIT, _part. pa._

1. Large, bulky; S.

_Douglas._

2. _Boukit_ and _muckle-boukit_ are used in a peculiar sense; as denoting the appearance which a pregnant woman makes, after her shape begins to alter.

BOUKSUM, BOUKY, _adj._ Of the same sense with _Boukit_, S.

_Poems Buchan Dialect._

BOUKE, _s._ A solitude.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

A. S. _buce_, secessus, ”a solitary and secret place,” Somner.

BOULDEN, _part. pa._ Swelled, inflated.

V. ~Boldin~.

BOULE, ”Round,” Rudd.

_Douglas._

Teut. _bol_, tumidus, turgidus; or _boghel_, _beughel_, curvatura semicircularis, from _bogh-en_, arcuare.

BOULENA, A sea cheer, signifying, Hale up the bowlings.

_Complaynt S._

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