bailie (also baillie) /bālˈi/

1. In Scotland, the title of a magistrate who presides in a burgh court and is elected by the town council from among the councillors (now historical)
2. A sheriff's officer (obsolete)
3. The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county (obsolete)
4. A land-steward (obsolete)

bailˈieship (also baillˈieship) noun

• near miss
• near misses
• nearness
• nearnesses
• near point
• nears
• nearside
• nearsides
• near-sighted
• near-sightedly
• near-sightedness
• near-silk
• near the bone
• near the knuckle
• near to one's heart
• near touch
• near-white
• neat
• neat-cattle
• neaten
• neatened
• neatening
• neatens
• neater
• neatest