Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bulk . - A dialectal form of
bolk . - noun The belly.
- noun The trunk of the body; hence, the body itself.
- A dialectal form of
buck .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The body.
- noun Scot. Bulk; volume.
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- noun The
belly . - noun The
trunk ortorso of the body, hence thebody itself. - noun The
carcass of a slaughtered animal.
Etymologies
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Examples
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` ` He has a look of auld Humphrey Ettercap, the tinkler, that perished in this very moss about five years syne, 'answered his superstitious companion; ` ` but Humphrey wasna that awfu big in the bouk.' '
The Black Dwarf 1898
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He may ken mair o't, either by villains on earth, or devils below --- I'll hae it frae him, if I should cut it out o 'his misshapen bouk wi' my whinger. '
The Black Dwarf 1898
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I alloo the sin itsel mayna be jist damnable, but to what bouk mayna it come wi ither and waur sins upo the back o '' t?
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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He has mair wit in his wee finger than ye hae in your hale bouk.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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I have found that so many patients just sit there and nod their head as the Dr talks babbly bouk.
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"He has a look of auld Humphrey Ettercap, the tinkler, that perished in this very moss about five years syne," answered his superstitious companion; "but Humphrey wasna that awfu 'big in the bouk."
The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801
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By the grace o’ Mercy, the horse swarved round, and I fell aff at the tae side as the ball whistled by at the tither, and the fell auld lord took the Whig such a swauk wi’ his broadsword that he made twa pieces o’ his head, and down fell the lurdance wi’ a’ his bouk abune me.”
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I was at the winding of the corpse; and when the bluid was washed off, he was a bonny bouk of man’s body.”
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He may ken mair o’t, either by villains on earth, or devils below — I’ll hae it frae him, if I should cut it out o’ his mis-shapen bouk wi’ my whinger.”
The Black Dwarf 2004
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“He has a look of auld Humphrey Ettercap, the tinkler, that perished in this very moss about five years syne,” answered his superstitious companion; “but Humphrey wasna that awfu’ big in the bouk.”
The Black Dwarf 2004
hernesheir commented on the word bouk
A ley made of cow's dung and stale urine or soapy water, in which foul linen is steeped to cleanse or whiten it. --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
May 10, 2011
reesetee commented on the word bouk
To cleanse it?
May 10, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word bouk
Sure! See cleanse.
May 10, 2011