Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1825
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†BEUCHEL, n. and v. [bjuxl]
1. n. "A little, feeble, and crooked creature" (Rxb. 1825 Jam.2). Now obs. according to Watson Rxb. W.-B. (1923).
2. v. (See quot.) Now obs. according to Watson Rxb. W.-B. (1923).Rxb. 1825 Jam.2:
To Beuchel. To walk with short steps, or in a feeble, constrained, or halting manner, to shamble. "A beuchlin body," one who walks in this manner.
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