† unˈbazled, ppl. a. Sc. Obs.
[un-2 4: cf. Sc. dial. (Roxb.) bizzel ‘a hoop or ring round the end of any tube’ (Jam.).]
? Having the ring(s) started or loose.
1719 in W. R. Mackintosh Glimpses of Kirkwall (1887) 81 The guns belonging to the Brugh have been long unwrought for whereby they or some of them may be unbazled. |