bawwaw

An oblique look, implying contempt or scorn. "But she was shy, and held her head askew, Looks at him with the baw - waw of her ee." Ro : Helenore, p. 82. (Jamie son.) bâw-bē'e, bâu-bē'e, bâw-bi'e, ba-bē'e, bâ-bie, bâ bēi, s . [Etymology doubtful. From a Scottish mis-pronunciation of Fr. bas- piece = a low piece. ( Pinkerton .) From Scotch babby baby, infant, because first struck in the reign of James II. of Scotland, who, on his acce ion, was only six years old. (Boucher.) Po ibly from Fr. bas = low, and billon = copper coin, debased coin. ( Webster .) A corruption of Eng. halfpenny . (Mahn.) (Scotch and N. of England dialects .).] An old Scotch copper coin, equivalent to the English halfpenny. Jamie son says that the first mention he had found made of it in Scottish literature was in Acts James VI., 1584 (see first example), and that then the term was applied not to a purely copper coin, but to one of copper mixed with silver. According to Sir James Balfour, it was first introduced in the reign of James V., and was then worth three farthings. In the reign of James VI. it was valued at six, and continued to be of the same value as long as Scottish money was coined. .. of the tuelf pennie peceis, babe is , and auld plakis..."- Acts James VI . (1584). "... ye ken weel enough there's mony o' them wadna mind a bawbee the weising a ball through the Prince him sell, an the Chief gae them the wink. -Scott : Waverley , ch. lviii. IMG:content-1130.png:[blocks in formation] "On bawburd fast in inner way he lete ship, And wan before the formest schip in hy. Douglas: Virgil, 183, 12.