(Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone.
noun
(Scotland, chiefly in the plural) An old shoe.
1842, Laird of Logan, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, issue 481, page 104.
We a' ken that there's tongues in heads, but I ne'er heard o' ony in hats or bauchles afore.
(Scotland) A fool.
(Scotland) A bungled or muddled situation; a mess.