Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BJAUCH, n. “The weather-bow of a boat” (Sh. 1888 Edmonston and Saxby Home of a Naturalist 184).
[Cf. Biauch, n., idem, and Beuch, n., 3, the bow of a ship.]