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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAA, BA, n. [bɑ:]

1. Surf on a sunken rock.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
De ba is breakin'.
Sh.(D) 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Röd 93:
Da sea wis fa'in' aboot wis laek baas, an' we wir haein' ta try an head him whin we hed a shance.

2. A sunken rock.Sh.(D) 1832 E. Charlton in Old-Lore Misc., Ork. Sh., etc. (1914) VII. iv. 153:
Dann tuik up Hermann da grit stane dat is now de baa of Hermann in Burrafiord, and he cuist it at Saxe.
Sh. 1886 “G. Temple” Britta 186:
In the neighbouring parish of Durness, a large schooner was dashed to pieces on a sunken “baa.”
Sh.4 1932:
Still in common use.

3. A ridge of sand.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Combined with sand in sand-baa — a ridge of sand in a shallow bay causing a shoal.

[O.N. boði, (1) announcer, messenger; (2) a breaker (on hidden rocks) (Zoëga); lit. that which bodes or indicates. Cogn. with Eng. bode, foretell, Mod.Sc. bode and Mod.Eng. bid (at an auction), O.E. bodian, to announce, and boda, a messenger, of same grade as boden, pa.p. of bēodan, to offer.]

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