Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bawsin \Baw"sin\, Bawson \Baw"son\, n. [OE. bawson, baucyne,
   badger (named from its color), OF. bauzan, baucant, bauchant,
   spotted with white, pied; cf. It. balzano, F. balzan, a
   white-footed horse, It. balza border, trimming, fr. L.
   balteus belt, border, edge. Cf. Belt.]
   1. A badger. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

   2. A large, unwieldy person. [Obs.] --Nares.