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bowbert
† ˈbowbert, -art, -ard Obs. Sc. [app. a. OF. bobert ‘stupid fellow, lout’ (Godef. quotes ‘li fous bouviers li fous bobers’, and ‘c'est un bobers, un soz noez’): cf. Swiss Romance bobet ‘sot, bête’.] A sluggish fellow, a dull lout. Also attrib. or as adj. (Only in Gawin Douglas.)1513 Douglas æneis i....
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bumbard
▪ I. † bumbard, -art, n. and a. Obs. Also 6 bombard. [f. bum bumb, v.2 + -ard. Cf. also bowbert in a similar sense.] A. n. A bumble-bee, a drone; also fig. a droning person, a driveller. Cf. bumble n.1 2.c 1505 Dunbar Twa Mariit Wem. & Wedo 91 Ane bumbart, ane dron bee, ane bag full of flewme. Ibid....
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