What is a Bisum?
bisum (Scots): an unruly girl or woman.
What does the Scottish word besom mean?
besom n. term of contempt for a person, especially a woman. The Scots word besom shares much of its early history with an English cousin of the same name which typically designated a broom or other domestic tool for sweeping.
What is a cheeky Bissom?
A term of contempt applied to a person, gen. a woman; some times to a woman of loose character, sometimes jocularly to a woman or young girl.
What does Scoosh mean in Scottish?
skoosh v. ( cause to) gush, splash, squirt; dart, move rapidly with a swishing sound; etc. n. a splash, spurt, jet (of liquid); carbonated drink such as lemonade; etc. Skoosh is an onomatopoeic word that ably echoes the sound of the speedy, swishy, splashy things it describes.
What does Shilpit meaning Scottish?
1 Scotland : pinched and starved in appearance. 2 Scotland : weak, insipid —used of drink.
Why is it called a besom?
In English, broom started its life much later to mean a sweeping implement made specifically from twigs of the plant called broom. The Scottish National Dictionary says that in Scots a similar distinction has remained, with broom referring only to the plant, while besom means any sort of sweeping instrument.
What does besom mean in the Bible?
: broom sense 2 especially : one made of twigs.
What is a Scoche?
The word skosh comes from the Japanese word sukoshi, which is pronounced “skoh shee” and means “a tiny bit” or “a small amount.” The Japanese word was shortened by U.S. servicemen stationed in Japan after World War II.
What does scooch over mean?
1 transitive + intransitive : to move a short distance by or as if by sliding The 8-year-old scooches over on the couch to nestle right up against this visitor.
Why do witches have broom sticks?
Anthropologist Robin Skelton suggests the association between witches and brooms may have roots in a pagan fertility ritual, in which rural farmers would leap and dance astride poles, pitchforks or brooms in the light of the full moon to encourage the growth of their crops.
What does Besom mean in the Bible?
What means Dingle?
: a small wooded valley : dell.