A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bauchill, Bachell, n.1 [Gael. bachall.] A bishop's staff or crozier. —1535 Stewart 34371.
How suld ȝe be leill … , On buke and bauchill so oft is mensworne a1598 Ferg. Prov. 52.
Of proud persons [it is said], He hes not that bachell to swear by
