A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire Part 3

Blicant _adj._ bright, shining (A S _blican_, to shine)

Blid _s._ applied in compa.s.sion, as poor old blid--blade

Blowth _s._ bloom, blossom, ex. A good blowth on the apple trees

Blunt _s._ a storm of snow or rain, snow-blunt

Boarden _adj._ made of board

Bobsnarl _s._ a tangle as of a skein of twine

Booc _s._ a wash of clothes, (A S _buc_ water vessel)

Bodkins _s._ swingle-bars. Weys and Bodkins, portions of plough-harness

Body-horse _s._ the second horse in a team, that which draws from the end of the shafts

Boming _adj._ hanging down, like a woman's long hair

Boneshave _s._ hip-rheumatism

Bore, the tidal wave in the river Parrett

Borrid _adj._ applied to a sow when seeking the boar

Bos, Bus _s._ a yearling calf, a milk sop (Lat. _bos_)

Bottle _s._ a bubble, a small cask for cider _v._ to bubble

Boughten _past part._ of to buy

Bow _s._ a culvert, arched bridge, arch, as Castle-bow, Taunton

Bowerly _adj._ portly, tall, well-made, quy. _buirdly_

Bowsin _s._ fore part of a cattle stall

Brandis _s._ an iron frame to support a pan or kettle over a hearth-fire (A S _brand-isen_)

Brash _s._ a row, tumult, crash (A S _brastl_ a noise)

Brave _adj._ in good health

Brazed _past part._ cramped with cold

Br'd, or Bard, Breaze _v._ to bruize, to indent, as on an apple

Breath _s._ a scent, a smell

Breeze _v._ to braize or solder a kettle

Brickle, Burtle _adj._ brittle

Brineded _adj._ brindled

Bring-gwain _v._ to get rid of, to spend, to accompany a person some way on a journey, bring-going

Brit, Burt, to leave a dent or impression

Brize, Prize _v.a._ to press down

Broom-squires _s._ Quantock broom-makers

Brock _s._ a piece of turf for fuel (Du. _brocke_, a mora.s.s)

Broller, Brawler _s._ a bundle of straw

Brow-square, an infant's head cloth

Bruckley, Brode _adj._ as applied to stock given to break fence, to cheese that breaks into fragments

Brummle, Brimmel (A S _brimel_) _s._ bramble

Bucked _adj._ having a strong hircine taste, applied to cheese

Buckle _v.n._ to bend, to warp

Buckle _s._ a dispute _v._ to quarrel.

Buddle _v._ to suffocate in mud

Bug _s._ beetle, as water-bug, may-bug, c.o.c.kchafer

Bullen _s._ large black sloes; bullace-plum

Bullworks, Bullocking _adj._ rude, romping

b.u.mtowel _s._ long-tailed t.i.t

Bungee, (g hard), _adj._ short and squat

Burcott _s._ a load

Burge _s._ bridge

Burr _s._ a sweet-bread

Bursh _s._ brush