Sc. [cf. F. baud white hound (Cotgr. s.v. Souillard).] Scotch titular name for a dog, esp. a large one; also for a hare.

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c. 1536.  Lyndesay (title), Complaint … of the Kingis auld Hound callit Bagsche, directit to Bawte, the Kingis best belouit Dog. Ibid., 21. For Bawte now … lyis on the kingis nycht goun.

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1728.  Ramsay, Gentle Sheph., II. ii. Poems (1844), 60. The devil’s … Appearing sometimes like a black-horned cow, Aft-times like bawty.

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Sc. Proverb, Bourd not wi’ bawtie lest he bite you.

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