Part 3 (1/2)

Blicant _adj._ bright, s.h.i.+ning (A S _blican_, to s.h.i.+ne)

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