90 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Bee-pot. A bee-hive. , S.w. 
Been, Bin. Because, since; a corruption of being. (B.) “ Bin as he don’t 
go, I won't.” Nw. 
Bees. A hive isa Bee-pot. Bee-flowers are those purposely grown 
near an apiary, as sources of honey. Of swarms, only the first is a 
Swarm, the second being a Smart, and the thirda Chit, To fol- 
low a swarm, beating a tin pan, is Ringing or Tanging. N.W. 
*Beet, To make upa fire. (A.B.) 
Beetle, Bittle. (1). The heavy double-handed wooden mallet used in 
driving in posts, wedges, etc. N. & S.W. 
(2) The small mallet with which thatchers drive home their “spars.” S.W. 
*Begoar-weed. Cuscuta Trifolii, Bab., Dodder ; from its destructiveness 
to clover, ete. (English Plant Names.) 
Bellock. To cry like a beaten or frightened child. (A.B.) N.W., rarely. 
*Belly vengeance. “Beer of the very smallest description, real * belly 
vengeance.’” (Wilts Tales, p. 40.) 
*Bennet. »v. Of wood-pigeons, to feed on bennets. (A.) 
Bennets, Bents. (1) Long coarse grass or rushes. (B.) N.W. 
(2) Seed-stalks of various grasses (A.); used of both withered stalks of 
coarse grasses and growing heads of cat’s-tail, ete. N, & S.W. 
(3) Seed-heads of Plantain, Plantago Major, L., and P. lanceolata, 
L. N. & S.W. 
Berry. The grain of wheat (D.); as “ There’s a very good berry to-year,” or 
“The wheat’s well-berried,” or the reverse. N.W. 
Berry-moucher. (1) A truant. Blackberry-moucher. (A.) N. &S.W. 
(2) Fruit of Rubus fruticosus, L., Blackberry. N.W. (Huish.) 
Originally applied to children who went mouching from school in 
blackberry season, and widely used in this sense, but at Huish—and oc- 
casionally elsewhere—virtually confined to the berries themselves: often 
corrupted into Penny-moucher or Perry-moucher by children. 
In English Plant Names Mochars, Glouc., and Mushes, Dew., are quoted 
as being similarly applied to the fruit, which is also known as Mooches in 
the Forest of Dean. See Hal., sub. Wich. 
Besepts. Except. N. &S.W. 
Besom, Beesom, Bissom. A birch broom. (A.B.) N. & S.W. 
*Betwit. To upbraid. (A.B.) 
Bide. (1) Tostay, remain. (A.) “Bide still, will’ee.” N. & S.W. 
(2) To dwell. (A.) N&SW. 
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