bannock hive

[Scotch bannock, and hive (q.v.).] Corpulency, induced by eating plentifully. "How great's my joy; it's sure beyond compare! To see you look sae hale, sae plump an' square. However ithers at the sea may thrive, Ye've been nae stranger to the bannock -hive." Morison: Poems , pp. 177, 178. bannock-stick, s. A wooden instrument for rolling out bannocks. "A ba ie, and a bannock - stick ; There's gear enough to make ye sick."