Baan-fire, A bon-fire, alias baal-fire. Baans, Bones, 'to mack naa baans,' is, to make no difficulty. Baath, Both. Babblement, Noise, from Babel, confusion of tongues. Back-end, Autumn. Back ner edge, i.e. I can make nothing of him, neither head Moss ner sand, S nor tail. Backside, The court behind the house. Backstone, Formerly a slate, but now an iron, on which oat-cake is baked. Bade, Continued, præt. from bide. Badger, A cornfactor, a cadger. TEUT. kats-en, discurrere. Baist, To beat. Bait, Bate, To lower a bargain, "thou mun bait summat," abate. Balderdash, Trifling or obscene language. I cannot assent to the etymon of this word, given by Dr. Johnson. A. S. bald and dash, that of Dr. Jamieson appears much more probable from the ISL. bulldur, the prating of fools. A Bilder is an instrument in common use in Craven. It is a mallet with a long handle, used by the peasants to break clods of earth. Hence balderdash may with propriety be called dirt spread by the bilder, alias bilderdasher. Balk, Bauk, A beam. WELSH, balc. Balk, "To be thrown ourt' baik," is to be published in the church. "To hing ourt' balk," is marriage deferred after publication. Before the Reformation the Laity sat exclusively in the nave of the church. The balk here appears to be the rood beam, which separated the nave from the chancel. The expression therefore means, to be helped into the choir, where the marriage ceremony was performed. Bamboozle, To threaten, or to deceive. Bane, Near, convenient. rectus. BELG. bane, a path. ISL. beinn, Bangs, Beats, excels. IsL. bang-a. Bannocks, Loaves made of oatmeal. SAX. bunna, a cake.— GAEL. bonnach. Bar, Bare, naked, "her legs er quite bar." ISL. ber. Bargest, A sprite that haunts towns, and populous places. BELG. birg and geest, a ghost. Bargh, Hill, hence Stainforth-under-Bargh.-GOTH. bairg. WELSH, brig, per Metathesin. Berg, Barf, Barked, Covered with dirt, like bark. Barkham, Collar, formerly made of bark. Bark-haams, in ScotBarkum, land they are frequently made of straw. GAEL. IR. braigh. Barn, A child, known to all the Teutonic tribe. Barrel-fever, A violent propensity to drunkenness, or sickness in consequence of it. Bat, Blow, or speed. A. S. bat fustis, here transferred to the stroke, onny way for a bat." 66 2. At the same bat, is, in thesame manner, on at saam bat." "he gangs Bate, The fibres of wood, cross bated, that is, the fibres are twisted and crooked. Batter'd-horse, A horse with tender feet. FR. soubattre, to surbeat. Blount. Baw, Ball. Bar'd, Bawled. Bawdy, Bawdry, obscene language. Bawsin, An imperious, noisy fellow. TEUT. bauch, venter, SKINNER. vid. Beal, Bell, To roar, to bellow. TEUT. bellen. A. S. bellan. B Beak, Iron over the fire, on which boilers, &c. are hung. Beat'em, The conqueror. Beck, A brook, universal in the Northern dialects. BELG. beke. Bedizened, Dressed out. Bee-bee, A nurse song. GR. bauban, to sleep. SKINNER. Bee-bread, A dark, acid substance within the combs for the food of bees. Becok, An iron bar or crow over the fire, to support boilers, from beak. Becos, Cattle. Beest, First milk after calving. BELG. biest, curded milk.— GR. peso. Beet, To help, to assist. Beet, The fire, mend the fire. BELG. "beoten yet vyer." Bield, Affording shelter from cold. A. S. beladian, to deliver. 2. A handle. Belive, In the evening. 2. By and by, used by Chaucer, Spenser, &c. and most of the old English poets. SAX. belifan, to remain. Belk, To belsh. Bell-kite, A protuberant body, from bell and ISL. kwidr. Belloned, Afflicted with an asthma, to which the smelters of lead are subject; the colic of Poictou. Belly-go-lake-thee, Take thy fill, satisfy thy appetite. Belsh, Smail beer, the cause of eructation. Benk, Bench. Bensel, To beat. TEUT. benghelen. Bent, Short grass, growing on the moors. Berden, A burden. IsL. ber, porto. Bethink you, Recollect yourself, a reflected verb. Bid, To invite. Biddy, A louse. Bidin, Bearing. A.S. bedan, manere. Big, Barley, with four sides or rows. Biggin, A building, Bijen, Truly. BELG. be-jaen, to affirm. Bilder, A wooden mallet, to break clods. BELG. buydelen. Birtle, A summer apple. Bishopped, Pottage burnt at the bottom of the pan. "Bishop's i'th' pot," may it not have been derived from Bishop Burnet? Bitch-daughter, Night mare. There is no tradition to explain the meaning of this curious word. Maar, COOPER. Bi't'mess, Bi't meskies, By the Mass. Bi't'leddy, By the Holy Virgin. Blaat, To bleat. Blate, Black-Ousel, Black-bird. A. S. osle. Black-water, Phlegm, or bile on the stomach. Blake, Yellow. BELG. bleeck, pale. ISL. blaar. Blash, To throw dirt. GERM. platz-en. Blashment, Weak liquor. Blashy, Wet and dirty. Blast, To blow up with gun-powder. Blayberries, Whortle berries. Vaccineum myrtillus. LINN. Bleeaned,Half dried, probably from ISL. blaasa, flare. Blaaned, S CRAVEN, blaan, blown upon. Blearing, Crying. Bleaz, A blaze. Bleb, or A bubble, a blister. Blob, Bleed, Yield, applied to corn. Blend-water, or A disease in cattle. See moored. Blinnd, A blind, a cloak. Bloazing, Blazing. The mode of blazing for salmon in Craven was this: A torch was made of the dry bark of holly, besmeared with pitch. The water was so transparent that the smallest pebbles were visible at the bottom of the river. The man carried the torch (in the dark evening) either on foot or on horse-back; another person, advancing with him who carried the torch, struck the salmon on the red (the place where the roe is deposited) with an harpoon, called in Craven a leister. Bloaz, Blaze. Blothered, Foamed, bellowed. Su. G. bladdra. IsL, blaudur. Blue, "To look blue," to be disconcerted. Blume, blossom. GER. blum. Blush, Resemblance. Bo, Hobgoblin. WELSH, bo. Boadle, Half a farthing, Dr. Jamieson says, it is one third part of a penny. Boken, To belsh, to vomit. A, S. bealcan. BELG. boken. Boke, Bob, A bunch. FR. bube. Bobberous, Bobbersome, Elated, in high spirits. Boddum, Bottom. GERM. bodem. Boggard, A goblin. WELSH, bygwydd. Boggle, To take fright. WELSH, Bwg. Boiling, "The haal boiling," signifies the whole party. Book, Bulk, bigness. Su. G. bolk. Boon, Service or bonus done by the tenant to his landlord, or a sum of money as a compensation. Boorly, Rough. TEUT. boer, a boor. Boos, Boughs. Booses, Stalls. LAT. bos. A. S. boseg. ISL. bas. Boot, Something given to effect an exchange. Bosky, Woody. LAT. boscus. Bosum, To eddy, "t' wind bosoms." SKINNER. Booted-bread, Wheat mixed with rye. Qu. Bolted or sifted.BELG. buydelen, cribro cernere. Bootless-bene, This was the question proposed by the Forester to Lady Rumelli on the death of her son. See Dr. Whitaker's History of Craven. The Doctor interprets it “unavailing prayer." May it not be derived from bootless bale, irremediable sorrow, from bale, dolor, and boot auxilium, A. 6. from bote. If taken in a literal sense, as bootless bean, it will be, what is good for a bean deprived of its boot or pod? or what happiness remained to a mother deprived of her son, her only comfort and protection. ISL. bon and boon preces. Bottle, A bundle of hay. FR. boteau and botel. Boud, Bold. Bought or Joint of the knee or elbow. BELG. bout, bolt of Buft, the bone. Bouk, To wash. BELG. buycken. Boulder, A hard, flinty stone, rounded like a bowl. Boother, Boun, Going, alias bound. Bout, Without. A. S. butan. This word explains the difficult passage in Shakspeare, mentioned by Mr. Archdeacon Nares, in his Glossary, "But being charged, we will still by land, Which, as I take it, we shall." ANTH. AND CLEOP. iv. 10. It is evident that the but here is the Craven bout, without, "Touch not a cat bout gloves." Dr. Jamieson remarks, that the A. S. butan is the same as the Sc. but. "They that had eaten were about five thousand," butan, WIFUM, and cildum,, " besides women and children.." MATT. xiv. 21. Bouts, Contests, bolts. Bout, An entertainment, "weel hev a merry bout." Brack, Broke. Brack, Salt, "as saut as brack." BELG. brack. Brackens, Ferns. Sw. stotbraaken, en in GOTH. denoting feminine gender. See Dr. JAMIESON. Brade, Resembles. Su. G. breyd. IsL. bregda. Brade, To desire to vomit. Branded, A mixture of red and black in stripes. BELG. branden. Brander, An iron over the fire. BELG. brander. Brand-new, Quite new. BELG. brandt nieuw. Brandrith, An iron to support boilers. A. S. brandred. Branlings, Worms cleansed in moss, preparatory to fishing. Brash, Twigs. Brash, Impetuous, rash. Bras, Money, halfpence. Bratt, A child, also an apron, WELSH, brat. Bratchett, Braunging, Pompous. Bravely, Finely, "thou's bravely donn'd." 2. In good "health, I's bravely." Bray, To bruise. Brean, To perspire. Qu. Brine. IsL. brenne, uror. Breck, Breaking. Breed, Breadth. IsL. breyda, A. S. braed. Breeks, Breeches. A. S. bræc. IsL. broof. Breeod, Bread. Breet, Bright. Breoth, Breath. Breward, The tender blades of springing corn. A. S. brord. 2. The brim of a hat. .00 Bride-ale. Immediately after the performance of the marriage ceremony, a ribbon is proposed as the prize of contention, either for a foot or a horse race, to the future residence of the bride. Should, however, any of the doughty disputants omit to shake hands with the bride, he forfeits all claim to the prize, tho' hè be first in the race. For the laws of the Olympic games were never more strictly adhered to, than the bridal race by the Craven peasants.→→ Even the fair were not excluded in the horse race from this glorious contest Whoever had the good fortune to arrive first at the bride's house, requested to be shewn to the chamber of the new married pair. After he had turned down the bed clothes, he returns, carrying in his hand a tankard of warm ale, previously prepared, to meet the bride, to whom he triumphantly offers his humble beverage. He may go some distance before he meets her, as nothing is deemed more unlucky than for the bride and |