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bejant (iou) and scabble (iou)


bejant (iou)



bejant noun. Scot. Also bejan. M17.
[French bejaune, from bec jaune yellow beak, i.e. fledgling, with parasitic t.]
A first-year undergraduate, orig. at any Scottish university but now only at St Andrews.

scabble (iou)



scabble verb trans. E17.
[Later var. of SCAPPLE.]
= SCAPPLE.
scabbler noun a workman engaged in or hammer used for scabbling stone M19.