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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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‡BAIVIE, BEVI(C)E, BAIVIS, BEEVIS, n. (See quots.) [′be:vi Sc.; ′be:vɪs Slg.]Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Bevie (of a fire). A term used to denote a great fire; sometimes, bevice.Sc. 1897 (New ed.) Guid Sc. Dict.:
Baivie, a large fire; a great blaze.Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 67:
She kennl't a curn birsled browls an' flang them intul the beevis.Slg.² 1914:
Baivis, a large or heaped up fire.