boyne Sc.
(bɔɪn)
Also boy(e)n, boin.
A flat shallow tub or bowl (cf. bowie).
| 1821 Galt Ann. Par. 46 (Jam.) Her seam..had fallen into a boyne of milk. ― Ayrsh. Leg. 265 (Jam.) The lasses were..standing upright before the boyns on chairs, rubbin the clothes. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 97 Take a peck of purtatoes and put them into a boyne. |