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Quotation dates: 1790
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†BUNYOCH, Buneuch, Bunneuch, Bunyeuch, n. [′bʌnjəx]
1. “The diarrhœa; never used except in ludicrous language” (Upper Clydesd. 1825 Jam.2, s.v. bunyoch).
2. “Gen. used in the pl., purgings” (Sc. 1887 Jam.6, buneuch, bunneuch, bunyeuch).Rnf. [1790] A. Wilson Poems (1876) II. 39:
On him pour plagues without restraint, Wi' restless buneuchs him torment, Till through fierce purgin' he be spent As tume's a blether.
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