Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1838, 1898
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BAUSY, n. and adj.
1. n. A big, fat person or animal.n.Sc. 1898 W. Gregor in E.D.D.:
Sic a bausy o' a wife's he's mairriet! She'll fill's oxter.
2. adj. Large, fat, coarse. Applied to human beings (gen. women) and animals.n.Sc. 1898 W. Gregor in E.D.D.:
That's a fell bausy dehm it he's gotten for a kitchie lass.n.Sc. 1898 W. Gregor in E.D.D.:
A big bausy cat wiz sittin o' the aul wife's knee.Per. 1838 W. Scrope Deer-stalking 226:
There he [a stag] lay on the greensward, bausy and sleek.
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