An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 73 : _Douglas._ This phrase is perhaps merely a circ.u.mlocution for the _bipennis_, or larg

_Douglas._

This phrase is perhaps merely a circ.u.mlocution for the _bipennis_, or large ax.

V. ~Balax~.

BILTER, _s._ A child, Dumfr.; Isl. _pilter_, puellus.

BIN, _s._ A mountain, S. O.

_Galloway._

From Gael. _ben_, id., Lomond _bin_, being synon. with _Benlomond_.

BIND, BINDE, _s._

1. Dimension, size; especially with respect to circ.u.mference. A barrel of a certain _bind_, is one of certain dimensions, S.; hence _Barrell bind_.

_Acts Ja. III._

2. It is used more generally to denote size in any sense.

_Acts Marie._

3. Metaph. to denote ability. "Aboon my _bind_" beyond my power. This is often applied to pecuniary ability; S.

This use of the word is evidently borrowed from the idea of _binding_ a vessel with hoops.

BINDLE, _s._ The cord or rope that binds any thing, whether made of hemp or of straw; S.

Su. G. _bindel_, a headband, a fillet, from _bind-as_, to bind.

Teut. _bindel_, ligamen.

BINDWOOD, _s._ The vulgar name for ivy, S.; Hedera helix, Linn.; p.r.o.n.

_binwud_.

Denominated, perhaps, from the strong hold that it takes of a wall, a rock, trees, &c. q. the _binding wood_. It is probably the same which is written _benwood_.

_Statist. Acc._

BING, _s._

1. A heap in general.

_Lyndsay._

2. A heap of grain, S.

_Douglas._

3. A pile of wood; immediately designed as a funeral pile.

_Douglas._

4. "A temporary inclosure or repository made of boards, twigs, or straw ropes, for containing grain or such like;" Gl. Sibb., where it is also written _binne_.

Dan. _bing_, Sw. _binge_, Isl. _bing-r_, c.u.mulus.

_To_ BYNGE, _v. n._ To cringe.

V. ~Beenge~.

_To_ BINK, _v. a._ To press down, so as to deprive any thing of its proper shape. It is princ.i.p.ally used as to shoes, when, by careless wearing, they are allowed to fall down in the heels; S.

O. Teut. _bangh-en_, premere, in angustum cogere. Sw. _bank-a_, to beat seems allied; q. to beat down.

BINK, _s._

1. A bench, a seat; S. B.

_Priests of Peblis._

2. A wooden frame, fixed to the wall of a house, for holding plates, bowls, spoons, &c. Ang. It is also called a _Plate-rack_; S.

_Colvil._

BINK, _s._ A bank, an acclivity, S. B.

_Evergreen._

Wachter observes that Germ. _bank_, Su. G. _baenk_, denote any kind of eminence.

~V. Benk~.

BINWEED.

V. ~Bunwede~.