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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BOWDER, n.2 “A boulder “ (Kcb.9 1935). The form is found also in Eng. dial. (see N.E.D.). [′bʌudər]Kcb. 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxxvi.:
The many bowders and rocky humps about gave the enemy great shelter.

[Bowder might come from an unrecorded Sc. form bolder (see P.L.D. § 55). This word occurs in Eng. dial. with double meaning of “a stone” and “a resonant noise” (see E.D.D.). Mod.Du. has bolderen, to bluster, and Sw. dial. has buller-sten, a large stone in a stream, from Sw. bullra, to roar, cogn. with O.E. bellan, pa.p. bolen, idem, see Buller, n. and v.]

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