238 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Bird-starving. Add :—S.W. (Shrewton, etc.) 
*Bitten. “A bitten dog,” one addicted to biting. N.W. (Chute.) 
Is this a survival of the old form of the present participle, in -end instead 
of ing P 
Blacky-more. The Bulrush. S.W. (Deverill.) 
Bladder. A disease in sheep, ete. See Bloody- Bladder and 
Warning-Bladder. 
Bleat. Add :—8.Ww. | 
Blind-house. Add :—Not obsolete, but in common use still about 
Trowbridge, ete. 
*Blish. In the days of hand-reaping with the old-fashioned sickle, men who 
were caught “ blishing” had their wages docked. It appears to have meant 
chopping or hacking down the wheat, instead of reaping it properly. N.W. 
: ; (Potterne.) 
Bloody-Bladder. A disease in sheep, so called by shepherds. A form of 
miscarriage in cow or ewe, often caused by too free feeding. A bladder 
protrudes, and death always follows. It is called ** Warnin g-Bladder” 
by farmers. S.W. 
Blossom. Add :—In a memorandum book kept by Thomas Gardiner of 
Titherton we find the following entry:—‘1698. May 3. It snowed 
exceeding hard with very great blosumes.”—(Hist. of Chip., p. 191.) 
Blubber-headed.  Big-headed. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Bolt. To protrude. “ Bolting ” or “ bolted” eyes, prominent eyes. N.W. 
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wte: 
*Borstall. a path up asteep place. “Heknew . . . every ‘ borstall’ 
on the Downs.” —Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 143. 
Bottle Tom. Parus caudatus, Long-tailed Tit. N. & S.W. 
Bottom. (2) A ball of cotton or worsted. N.W., obsolete. 
Breezed. The same as “ spreathed ” with cold. S.W. 
*Brimmin-tucker. A new hat. (Slow.) 
Broody. Sour-tempered, sulky. N. & S.W. 
Brung. Pret. of bring. N. & S.W. 
Buffet. To swing the arms about, as workmen do in cold weather to warm 
themselves. N.W. 
Buffle. To deal shiftily, to cheat. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) ; . 
Buffler. <A cheat, (Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 1881.) A shifty, cheating — 
fellow, one who is not straightforward. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
