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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BANEY, BAINIE, Beeny, Bany, adj. Bony. [′benɪ̢ Sc.; ′bini L.Bnff., Abd., e.Ags., ′bɪənɪ Rxb.]Abd.(D) 1923 R. L. Cassie Heid or Hert iii.:
“Ye've lowst some swuppert, A'm thinkin',” said Tam Scott, the hard, beeny, middle-aged foreman.Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 16:
Thin sprays o claret buds, the birks
Wave beeny fingers ower the stirks
That graze aside the dimplin burn
Far the slow sizzens drift an turn.Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet ix.:
And our ain kind, merry, gude auld friend . . . has come to die aside me, and be sweeled by my baney fingers.Arg.¹ 1932:
He wuz a big bainie fella an' as strong as a horse.Ayr. 1786 Burns Scotch Drink xi.:
The brawnie, bainie, ploughman-chiel.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 48:
Bany, bony. Bany chucks, round bones used as chucks.

Hence banieness, n., the state of being bony or baney.Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 244:
A model o' a man for muscularity and banieness.