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_Ramsay._

Fr. _buie_, a water-pot or pitcher; Cotgr.

Hence,

BOWIEFU', _s._ The fill of a small tub, S.

_J. Nicol._

BOW-KAIL, _s._ Cabbage, S. so called from the circular form of this plant. For the same reason its Belg. name is _buys-kool_.

_Burns._

~Bow-stock~, _s._ The same. ”A b.a.s.t.a.r.d may be as good as a _bow-stock_, by a time;” S. Prov.

_Kelly._

BOWLAND, _part. adj._ Hooked, crooked.

_Douglas._

Teut. _boghel-en_, arcuare. _Bowland_ is just the part. pr.

_boghelend_, contr.

BOWLIE, BOOLIE, _adj._ Crooked, deformed; _Boolie-backit_, humpbacked; sometimes applied to one whose shoulders are very round, S.

V. ~Beugle-backed~.

Germ. _bucklig_, Dan. _bugelt_, id. from _bugle_, a bunch or hump; and this from _bug-en_, to bend; Dan. _boeyel_, crookedness, _boeyelig_, flexible.

_To_ BOWN, _v. a._ To make ready.

V. ~Boun~, _v._

BOWRUGIE, _s._ Burgess; the third estate in a Parliament or Convention; in resemblance of Fr. _bourgeois_.

_Wallace._

BOWSIE, _adj._ Crooked, S.

Fr. _bossu_, id.

BOWSUNES, _s._ Obedience.