Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BOWEL-HIVE, -HYVES, Bool-hives, n. [′bʌuɪl haɪv(z), ′bu:l-]
1. “An inflammation of the bowels in children” (Cai.7 c.1914; Slg.3 1935).Fif.10 1935:
Bool-hives. The name is in common use in Fife.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 121; Ayr.8 1915:
Ane of the weans had the bowel-hyves.Dmf. [1808] J. Mayne Siller Gun (1836) 120:
The bowel-hive Gart meikle Geordy change his hue.
2. Used jocularly to describe corpulence.Ags.9 1926:
Fat's wrang wi' you, laddie, 's the bowel-hive.
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