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BIRD, BURD, _s._ a bird; a damsel; a lady.
BIRDIE, _s._ a little bird.
BIRK, _s._ a birch-tree.
_To_ BIRK, _v. n._ to give a tart or sharp answer.
BIRKIN, _adj._ of or belonging to birch-wood.
BIRKY, _s._ a lively young man; a mettlesome person.
BIRL, _v. n_. to ply with drink; to club money for the purpose of purchasing drink.
BIRN, _v. a._ to burn.
BIRS, BIRSE, _s._ a bristle.
_His birse is up_, he is in a pa.s.sion.
_He's a birsie man_, he is liable to be irritated easily.
_To_ BIRSLE, _v. a._ to broil; to roast.
BIRSSY, _adj._ having bristles; hot-tempered.
_To_ BIRZE, BRIZE, _v. a._ to bruise; to drive or push.
BISKET, BRISKET, _s._ the breast.
_To_ BISSE, BIZZ, _v. n_. to make a hissing sound, as hot iron plunged into water.
BISSOME, BYSSYM, _s._ an unworthy female.
BIT, _s._ a vulgar term used for food.
_He takes the bit and the buffit wi't_, he takes the food and the blow along with it.
BITTILL, BEETLE, _s._ a wooden mallet for beating clothes.
_To_ BLABBER, _v. n._ to babble; to speak indistinctly.
BLACKAVICED, _a_. dark-complexioned.
BLACK-c.o.c.k, _s._ the black grouse.
BLACK-FIs.h.i.+NG, _s._ fis.h.i.+ng for salmon by torch light.
BLACK-FOOT, _s._ a person who makes matches, or goes between a lover and his mistress.
BLAD, _s._ a large piece of anything.
BLADE, _s._ the leaf of a tree.
BLADOCH, BLEDOCH, _s._ b.u.t.termilk.
BLAE, BLA, _adj._ livid; used when the skin is discoloured with a blow, or when chilled with cold.
BLAEBERRY, _s._ the bilberry.
BLAIDRY, _s._ nonsense; folly; silly talk.
BLAIN, _s._ a mark or blemish left by a wound.
BLAIT, _adj._ bashful; sheepish.
BLAIT-MOUIT, _adj._ sheepish; ashamed to open one's mouth, or speak. _ Ye'r no blait_, you are very forward or impudent--used metaphorically.
BLAITIE-b.u.m, _s._ a stupid, simple fellow.
BLASH, _s._ a heavy fall of rain.
BLASHY, _adj._ deluging, sweeping away, as in a flood; thin, poor, as applied to broth or soup.
_To_ BLAST, _v. n._ to smoke. _To take a blast_, to take a smoke.
BLATE, BLAIT, _adj._ bashful.
_To_ BLATHER, _v. n._ to talk nonsense; to talk ridiculously.
BLATTER, _s_, a rattling noise, such as that made by a heavy shower of rain or hail.
_To_ BLAW, _v_. to blow.
BLEAR, _s._ to obscure the sight.
BLEARD, _s._ dull of sight; having inflamed eyes.
BLEEZE, _v. n_. milk is said to be bleezed when it has become a little sour.
BLEIB, _s._ a pustule, a blister.
_The_ BLEIBS, _s. pl._ the chicken-pox.
_To_ BLENK, BLINK, _v. n._ to open the eyes as after slumber; to throw a glance of regard.
BLENK, BLINK, _s._ a gleam of light.
BLENT, _s._ a glance as in the quick motions of the eye.
_To_ BLETHER, _v. n._ to stammer, or speak indistinctly, or nonsensically.
BLIN, _adj._ blind.
