Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1905-1931
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BAUCH, v.
1. To make ice soft or cause it to thaw and lose its slipperiness by throwing sand, salt, etc., upon it.Ags.9 1926:
Dinna bauch the slide.Ags. 1931 J. D. Simpson in Abd. Press and Jnl. (15 Jan.):
To “bauch a slide” is to put sand or the like upon it.
2. (See quot.) Unknown to our correspondents.Ayr. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.:
Bauch, to speak loudly and noisily.
