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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bausy, Bawsy, a. Also: baus(i)e, bawsie; balsye. [Of obscure origin.] ? Large and clumsy. Also in Bausy Broun as the name of a hound and a fiend. a1500 Henr. Fab. 538.
How! berk, Berrie, Bausie [H. bawsie, B. balsye] Broun c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 30.
Than all the feyndis lewche, … Blak Belly and Bawsy [M. bause] Brown Id. lx. 56.
With … bausy handis to beir ane barrow