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buroo

buroo (buh-roo or broo) or broo The buroo is money that is paid to people who are unemployed, or the office at which people sign on for this benefit: Has your buroo money come through yet? To be on the buroo is to be unemployed. [The term comes from Employment Bureau, a former name for a Jobcentre]

bursar In Scotland, the word bursar can refer to a student who holds a bursary as well as to the chief finance officer in a university or college.

bursary A bursary is a scholarship or grant awarded to a student, either from a university or a local authority, usually as a result of financial hardship or obtaining one of the best marks in a special exam held by certain universities (a bursary competition). [The word ultimately comes from the Latin bursa a purse]

burst The phrase a hunger or a burst indicates that the speaker thinks there is always too little or too much of something, but never the right amount: We’re either sitting twiddling our thumbs or rushing about trying to do three jobs at once: it’s aye a hunger or a b urst around here.

but 1 In the Glasgow area, but is often used as the last word of a sentence to emphasize what has been said in the rest of the sentence, especially when this contradicts or qualifies what has previously been said, either by the speaker or by someone else: He’s dead nice. Ah dinnae fancy him but; Ah’m no goin till Tuesday but. 2 A but is the kitchen or outer room of a house, especially of the two-roomed cottage known as a but-and-ben. 3 But is the past tense of bite.

but-and-ben (but-and-ben) A but-and-ben is a type of old-fashioned rural cottage consisting of two rooms, usually a kitchen and living room.

Bute (byoot) Bute is an island and historic county in the West of Scotland, at the north end of the Firth of Clyde. It is now part of the Argyll and Bute council area.

Bute House Bute House is a house in Charlotte Square in Edinburgh which is the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland. [It is named after the Marquess of Bute, who bequeathed the house to the National Trust for Scotland in 1966]

buttery A buttery is a type of crumbly, butter-rich, bread roll originating in the Aberdeen area: Two cups of coffee and a couple of butteries, please. Also called (in the Northeast) buttery rowie or rowie.

by In phrases such as put by or lay by, by means aside or away: I’ll put the rest by for you and you can collect it later. By also means past: The rolls are by their best but still eatable; Ach well, that’s Christmas by for another year.

bye A bye or a bye kick is a goal kick at football, taken when an attacker has kicked the ball out of play over the goal line. While it is in general use, most commentators and sports journalists prefer to use the more formal “goal kick”: Are you blind, ref? That was a bye, no a corner! To give something a bye is to decide not to do it, or, if you are already doing it, to stop: “We’re gaun up the toon for a pint. Fancy comin?” “Naw, Ah’ll gie it a bye the night”; That’s a dreadful racket. Gie it a bye, will ye! [This sense comes from the sense of a team progressing automatically to the next round of a competition without having to play a game, either because it has been seeded or because there is an uneven number of competitors]

byke (bike) or bike A byke is a wasps’ nest.

byre (rhymes with wire) A byre is a shed or stable where cows are kept.