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_Presb. Eloquence._
2. A bugbear, an object of terror, Ibid.
Belg. _bauw_, a spectre; C. B. _bo_, a hobgoblin.
~Bu-kow~, _s._ Any thing frightful, as a scarecrow, applied also to a hobgoblin, S.
V. ~Cow~.
From _bu_, and _kow_, _cow_, a goblin.
~Bu-man~, _s._ A goblin; the devil, S. used as _Bu-kow_.
BUB, BOB, _s._ A. blast, a gust of severe weather.
_Douglas._
Allied perhaps to Isl. _bobbe_, malum, noxae; or E. _bob_, to beat, as denoting the suddenness of its impulse.
BUBBLY, _adj._ Snotty, S. A. Bor.
~Bubblyjock~, _s._ The vulgar name for a turkey c.o.c.k, S. synon.
_Polliec.o.c.k_, S. B.
_Grose._
The name seems to have originated from the shape of his comb.
BUCHT, _s._ A bending; a fold.
V. ~Bought~.
_To_ BUCK, _v. n._ To push, to b.u.t.t, Perths.
Alem. _bock-en_, to strike; Su. G. _bock_, impulsus.
_To_ BUCK _out_, _v. n._ To make a guggling noise.
BUCKER, _s._ A name given to a species of whale, West of S.
_Statist. Acc._
BUCKIE, BUCKY, _s._