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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1914-1933
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BAV, BAUV, v. To drift helplessly with or without a sail. [bɑ:v]Mry.1 1914:
"Let 'er bav." The men lay down and slept under the sail and the boat drifted.Mry.4 1933:
We had just tae lie, bauvin awa at it, till an airie o' win' sprang up an' we got a start.
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