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thus prepared at threshing-time, and tied up and laid aside till required, 
f when they need only be damped, and are then ready for use. N.W. 
-Bombarrel Tit. Parus caudatus, the Long-tailed Titmouse. (Great 
yy Estate, ch. 2.) N.W. 
Boon Days. Certain days during winter on which farmers on the Savernake 
____ estate were formerly bound to haul timber for their landlord. 
Bossell. Chrysanthemum segetum, L, Corn Marigold. (D.) Bozzell. 
(Flowering Plants of Wilts.) N. & S.W. 
Bottle. The wooden keg, holding a gallon or two, used for beer in harvest- 
time. (Wild Life, ch. 7.) N.W. 
Bottle-tit. Parus caudatus, L., the Long-tailed Titmouse. N.W. 
Bottom. A valley or hollow in the downs. N. & S.W. 
Bounceful. Masterful, domineering. See Pounceful. N.W. 
Bourne. A valley between the chalk hills, a river in such a valley, also river 
’ and valley jointly. (D.) N & S.W. 
Bourne. In gardening, when marking out a row of anything with pegs, you 
“bourne” them, or glance along them to see that they arein line. N.W. 
: Artemisia Abrotanum, L., Southernwood. (A.B.) N. &S.W. 
7 Brain-stone. A kind of large round stone (Aubrey’s Wilts MS.), perhaps 
a lump of water-worn fossil coral, such as occasionally now bears this name 
_ among N. Wilts cottagers. 
Brave. Hearty, in good health. (A.B.) N.W. 
Bread-and-Cheese. (1) Linaria vulgaris, Mill., Yellow Toadflax. 
N. & S.W. 
(2) Fruit of Malva sylvestris, L., Common Mallow. S.W. 
(8) Young leaves and shoots of Orategus Oxyacantha, L., Hawthorn, 
eaten by children in spring. (English Plant Names.) &.W. (Salisbury.) 
ead-board. The earth-board of a plough. (D.) Broad-board in 
__N, Wilts. 
Break. To tear. “ She’ll break her gownd agen thuc tharn.” You break a 
pit of muslin, but fear a trace or a plate. N.W. 
Brevet about. To beat about, as a dog for game. (A.) N.W. 
3ribe. To taunt, to bring things up against anyone. «“ What d’ye want to 
kip a-bribing I o’ that vurP” N.W. 
Brit, Brittle out. (1) To rub grain out in the hand. N.W. 
(2) To drop out of the husk, as over-ripe grain. (D) N.W. 
To press heavily on, or against, to crush down. A loaded waggon 
“brizes down” the road. N. & S.W. 
