126 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



but by a simple grass path, a foot or so wide, which they call ' balks ' or 



•meres.' "—Wilts Arch. Mag., xvii., 294. N.W. 



iJCa^k. (3) After " near Heytesbury," add " in Norton Bavant parish. In 



the Deverills parts of many of the down farms are known as the Jiakej 



or more commonly the Bum-bakG." 



Bearsfoot. Hellebore. N.W. (Huish, etc.) 



Beetle, (l) Add-.— "On another [occasion] (2nd July, 25 Hen. VIII.) 



.... William Seyman was surety .... for the re-delivery of 



the tools, 'cuncta instrumenta videlicet Beetyll, Ax, Matock, and Showlys.' " 



— ijtrai/ Notes from the Marlborough Court Hooks, Wilts Arch. Mag., 



xix., 78. 



Bird-batting. ^c?cZ:— Bird-battenen (Slow.) s.w. 



Black-Bess. See Black-Bob. 



Black-Bob. A cockroach {Slow). Black-Bess on Berks border. S.W. 

 Blades. The shafts of a waggon {Slow). S.W. 



Blinking. Add -. — " 'Twas a little one-eyed blinking sort o' place." — Tess 

 of the D' JJrbervilles, vol. i., p. 10. 



Blood-alley. Add :-s.w. 



Bluen or Blooens. Add :— n. & s.w. 



Bob. Add : — In Canada " bob-sleds " are used for drawing logs out of the 

 woods. 



Bobbish. Add :— s.w. 



*Boreshore. A hurdle-stake {Slotv), S.W. P A corruptioo of Fold-shore. 



Bottle. Add:-?,:s^. 



Box or Hand-box. The lower handle of a long sawyer's pit-saw, the 

 upper handle being the Tiller. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard). 



*Bramstickle. See Bannis. 



Brandy-bottles. Nuphar lutea, Sm., Yellow Water-lily. S.W. (Mere, etc.) 



Brevet, Brivet, Privet, (l) ^t?<^:—"£Hw#, a word often applied to 



children when they wander about aimlessly and turn over things." — Leisure 



Hour, Aug., 1893. N.W. (Castle Eaton, etc.) 



*(2) To pilfer. " If she'll brevet one thing, she'll brevet another." 



N.W. (Mildeuhall.) 

 Brow. Add :— Also FroW, easily broken. 



Brushes. Add-.-^.yf. 



Bunt. (4) After " person," add " as a nickname." S.W. 



Burl. Add : — Still used in S. Wilts of trimming up cloth and felt, removing 

 the knots and rough places, etc. 



