_Statist. Acc._
BIG, BIGG, _s._ A particular species of barley, also denominated _bear_, S. Cumb. id. barley.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _bygg_, hordeum, Dan. _byg_, Su. G. _biugg_, id.
_To_ BIG, BYG, _v. a._ To build; S., Cumb., Westmorel., id.
_Wallace._
This word occurs in O. E. although not very frequently. A. S.
_bycg-an_, Isl. _bygg-ia_, Su. G. _bygg-a_, aedificare, instruere, a frequentative from _bo_, id.; as it is customary with the Goths thus to augment monosyllables in _o_; as _sugg-a_ from _so_, a sow.
BIGGAR, _s._ A builder, one who carries on a building.
_Acts Marie._
BIGGING, BYGGYN, BYGGYNGE, _s._ A building; a house, properly of a larger size, as opposed to a cottage, S.
_Wallace._
_Biggin_, a building, Gl. Westmorel. Isl. _bigging_, structura.
BIGGIT, _part. pa._ Built.
This word is used in various senses, S.
_Biggit land_, land where there are houses or buildings, contrasted with one's situation in a solitude, or far from any shelter during a storm, S.
_Barbour._
_Weill biggit_, well-grown, lusty.
_Melvill's MS._
_A weill biggit body_ is one who has acquired a good deal of wealth, S.
B.
BIGGIT, _pret._ Perhaps, inclined.
A. S. _byg-an_, flectere.
_King Hart._
BIGLY, BYGLY, _adj._ Commodious, or habitable.
_Bludy Serk._
From A. S. _big-an_, habitare, and _lic_, similis.
BIGHTSOM, _adj._ Implying an easy air, and, at the same time, activity, S. B.
_Morison._
Perhaps q. _buxom_, from A. S. _bocsum_ flexibilis; _byg-an_, to bend.
BIGONET, _s._ A linen cap or coif.
_Ramsay._
From the same origin with E. _biggin_, "a kind of coif, or linen-cap for a young child;" Phillips. Fr. _beguin_. id.
BYGANE, BIGANE, BYGONE, _adj._
1. Past; S. The latter is mentioned by Dr Johnson as "a Scotch word."
_Acts Ja. I._
2. Preceding; equivalent to E. predeceased.
_Douglas._
BYGANES, BIGONES, used as _s. pl._ denoting what is past, but properly including the idea of transgression or defect.
1. It denotes offences against the sovereign, or the state, real or supposed.
_Baillie._
2. It is used in relation to the quarrels of lovers, or grounds of offence give by either party, S.
_Morison._
3. It often denotes arrears, sums of money formerly due, but not paid, S.
_Wodrow._