BUT, _s._ Let, impediment, S. This is merely the _prep._ used as a substantive.
BUT AND, _prep._ Besides.
V. ~Botand~.
BUTER, b.u.t.tER, _s._ Bittern.
V. ~Boytour~.
b.u.t.t, _s._
1. A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge, but is excluded as an angle, S.
2. A small piece of ground disjoined from the adjacent lands.
Fr. _bout_, end, extremity. L. B. _b.u.t.ta terrae_, agellus.
3. Those parts of the tanned hides of horses which are under the crupper, are called _b.u.t.ts_, probably as being the extremities, S.
BUTWARDS, _adv._ Towards the outer part of a room, S. B.
_Ross._
BWNIST, _adj._ Uppermost.
_Dunbar._
From _boon_, contr. from _abone_, above, corresponding to modern _boonmost_, uppermost, q. v. Belg. _bovenste_, id. from _boven_, above.
C
CA, CAW, _s._ A walk for cattle, a particular district, S. B.
V. ~Call~, ~Caw~, _v._
_Ross._
CA, _s._ A pa.s.s or defile between hills, Sutherl.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CAB, _v. a._ To pilfer, Loth.
CABARR, _s._ A lighter.
V. ~Gabert~.
_Spalding._
CABBACK, _s._ A cheese.
V. ~Kebbuck~.
CABBIE, KEBBIE, _s._ A box, made of laths, narrow at the top, used as a pannier for carrying grain on horseback; one being carried on each side of the horse; Sutherl.
_Statist. Acc._
CABBRACH, _adj._ Rapacious, laying hold of every thing, S. B.
_Ross._
CABELD, _adj._ Reined, bridled.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _kebel_, a rope.
CABIR, KABAR, KEBBRE, _s._
1. A rafter, S.
_Douglas_.
2. The same term is used to denote the transverse beams in a kiln, on which grain is laid for being dried, S.
C. B. _keibr_, Corn. _keber_, a rafter; Ir. _cabar_, a coupling; Teut. _keper_, a beam, a brace.
CABROCH, _adj._ Lean, meagre; _skeebroch_, Galloway.