dial. [Perh. the same word as badde, BAD sb., a cat, or a contraction of Baudrons, or otherwise related to the latter; cf. the Eng. use of puss, and the Sc. use of malkin, for both hare and cat.] A hare.
[1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., II. iv. 13. Mercutio. A baud, a baud, a baud. So ho. Romeo. What hast thou found? Mer. No Hare sir, vnlesse a Hare sir in a Lenten pie [etc.]]
1785. Poems in Buchan Dial., 23. I saw you rin awa’ like bawds. (‘This is the common name for a hare, Aberd. Used in the same sense, Roxb.’ Jamieson. Also in Fife.)
