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baudrons Sc.|ˈbɔːdrənz|
Forms: 5–9 badrans, 6 bawdrones, 7 batrons, 8 baudrins, 6–9 bawdrons, 8– baudrons (mod. dial. badrans, bauthrans).
[Origin uncertain: perh. Celtic; cf. Ir. beadraċ frolicsome, beadraḋ playing, joking, fondness (O'Reilly), Scotch Gaelic beadrach a playful girl, beadradh a fondling, flattering, caressing (Macleod and Dewar). Cf. also bad n.]
Scotch name for the cat (like ‘reynard’ for the fox).
c1450Henryson Two Mice (Mor. Fab. 13), Badrans [other edd. bawdrons, -ones] the uthir be the back has hint. 1657S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 151 Batrons for grief of scorched members, Doth fall..a mewing. 1794Burns Wks. IV. 327 Auld baudrons by the ingle sits, An' wi' her loof her face a-washin. 1816Scott Antiq. ix, He had a beard too, and whiskers..as long as baudrons'. |