Meaning of bavin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making.
   Southern-England, archaic, countable
2. A faggot bound with only one band.
   Southern-England, archaic, countable
3. Impure limestone.
   UK, dialectal, uncountable

Examples

“[…]that hot love is soon cold: that the bavin, though it burn bright, is but a blaze: that scalding water, it if stand awhile, turneth almost to ice[…]”

“The concretions […] are called 'bavin,' the shale associated with them being termed 'rotch.'”

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