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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See bauson.

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  • The badger, who dealt especially in corn, was unpopular with the rural population, and it is possible that his name was given to the stealthy animal formerly called the bawson (Chapter

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • A cow thus marked is called in Scotland a boasand cow, and from the same word comes the obsolete bawson, badger.]

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

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