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bouin

bouin

Manx

Noun

bouin f (genitive singular bouin, plural bouinyn)

  1. bodice

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bouin vouin mouin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Etymology 1

From bou (stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village).

Noun

bouin (plural bouins)

  1. (agriculture) lease of cattle and land

Etymology 2

Verb

bouin

  1. present participle of bou