Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1700, 1768, 1824-1867, 1929
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BASSIE, BAISSIE, n.2 A wooden basin or bowl of varying size used for carrying meal from the girnel to the bakeboard; one in which the meal is mixed and kneaded. Bassies rarely hold more than half a peck. [′bɑsɪ̢ Sc.; ′besɪ̢ Kcb.]Sc. 1842 D. Webster in Whistle-Binkie Second Series 100:
Lauchie was gizen'd 's an auld girnal bassie.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 141:
Ye'll hae litle to put i' the bassie, Gin ye be awkward to draw.Bch. 1929 (per Abd.1):
Tak' the bassie an' fill it oot o' the milk pail.Kcd. 1700 Black Book Kcd. (1843) 163:
A pot, crook, pair bowells, pair of tongs, two chests, bassie, cap, etc.Mearns 1867 Stonehaven Jnl. (21 Nov.) 3/5:
I likit in my life the braw trig lassie, Her couthy welcome, an' her gaucy smile, But mair sae if she own'd a gude meal bassie.Kcb. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 39:
Baissie, a vessel for holding anything, commonly meal.
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