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Button. Geum rivale, L., Water Avens. S.W. 
d-batting. Netting birds at night with a clap-net. (A.B.) N.W. 
Bird ’s-eye. (1) Veronica Chamedrys, L., Germander Speedwell. N. & S.W. 
(2) Anagallis arvensis, L., Scarlet Pimpernel. S.W. 
Pird’s-nest. The seed-head of Daweus Carota, L., Wild Carrot. (Great 
. Estate, ch. 7.) N. & S.W. 
Bird-seed. Seed-heads of Plantain. . N. & S.W. 
Bird-starving. Bird-keeping. (Village Miners.) N.W. 
Birds’ wedding-day. St. Valentine’s Day. §.W. (Bishopstone.) 
Bishop-wort. Mentha aquatica, L., Hairy Mint. 8. W. (Hants bord.) 
d Biver. To tremble, quiver, shiver as with a cold or fright. (Wilts Tales, 
| p. 55.) N. & S.W. 
B very. Shivery, tremulous. N.W. 
; k-boys. Flower-heads of Plantain. N.W. (Huish.) 
ackberry-token. Rubus casius, L., Dewberry (English Plant 
Names, appx.) 
*Black Couch, A form of Agrostis that has small wiry blackish roots. (D.) 
I ack Sally. Salix Caprea, L., Great Round-leaved Sallow, from its dark 
bark. (Amateur Poacher, ch. 4.) N.W. 
*Black Woodpecker. Picus major, Great Spotted Woodpecker. (Birds 
of Wilts, p. 253.) 
are, Blur. To shout or roar out loudly. N. & S.W. 
ch. Black, sooty. (A.B.) N.W. 
achy. Brackish. S.W. (Som. bord.) 
leat, Bleak, open, unsheltered. ‘He’s out in the bleat,” i.e. out in the 
“open in bad weather. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
leeding Heart. Cheiranthus Cheiri, L., the red Wallflower. (A.B.) N.W. 
ink , Aspark, ray, or glimmer of light (A.B.). See Flunk. 
king. P Used by several Wilts agricultural writers. « A short blinking 
eath is found on many parts [of the downs].” (Agric. of Wilts.) 
sey. A blaze. (A.H.) AS, blyssa, a torch. 
slo bbs, Water Blobs. Blossoms of Nuphar lutea, Sm., Yellow Water 
} Lily (A.B.) ; probably from the swollen look of the buds. of Blub up. 
loody Warrior. The dark-blossomed Wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, 
iL. (A.B.) N. & S.W. 
sloom. Of the sun; to shine scorchingly. “How the sun do bloom out 
_ atween the clouds!” (B.) ga iW 
