bigging

He has mair sense than to ca' anything about the bigging his ain, frae the rooftree down to a crackit trencher on the bink.
The Antiquary, Complete|Sir Walter Scott
The long words are delivered without the slightest bungling; and 'bigging' finished to its last g.
The Crown of Wild Olive|John Ruskin
The long words are delivered without the slightest bungling; and "bigging" finished to its last g.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)|John Ruskin
Hanged or drowned, here or awa, dead or alive, I mind the bigging o't.
The Antiquary, Complete|Sir Walter Scott

So some one must be bigging it, or folks would all sing very small.
Master Skylark|John Bennett