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*Bur’. (1) A rabbit-burrow. (A.) 
ii (2) Any place of shelter, as the leeward side of a hedge. (A.) 
B rry. A rabbit burrow. . N.W. 
Bi rl, ‘To burl potatoes,” to rub off the grown-out shoots in spring. N.W. 
: urn. “To burn a pig,” to singe the hair off the dead carcase. N. & S.W. 
*Burn-beak. (1) To reclaim new land by paring and burning the surface 
before cultivation. (Agric. of Wilts, ch. 12.) See Beak. 
(2) To improve old arable land by treating it in a similar way. (Zdid, 
ch. 12.) Burn-beke. (Aubrey’s Wilts MS.) 
a: uscful. Foul-mouthed, abusive. N.W. 
h. (1) x. A heavy hurdle or gate, with its bars interlaced with brush- 
i wood and thorns, which is drawn over pastures in spring. (Amateur 
Poacher, ch. 4.) N.W. 
(2) vw. To bush-harrow a pasture. N.W. 
Butchers’ Guinea-pigs. Woodlice. S.W. 
tter-and-Eges. (1) Narcissus incomparabilis, Curt., Primrose 
Peerless. N.‘& S.W. 
(2) Linaria vulgaris, Mill., Yellow Toadflax. N. & S.W. 
R uttercup. At Huish applied only to Ranunculus Ficaria, L., Lesser 
_ Celandine, all other varieties of Crowfoot being “Crazies”’ there. 
] Bi uttons. Very young mushrooms. N. & S.W. 
Buttry. A cottage pantry (A.B.); now almost obsolete. N.W. 
Butt-shut, (1) To join iron without welding, by pressing the heated ends 
yl (2) m. Confusion, disorder, trouble. (A.B.) N. & S.W. 
(3) »v. To tease, annoy. (A.B.) N.W. 
. (4) v. Tohurry. “To caddle a horse,” to drive him over-fast. N.W. 
add ling. adj. Of weather, stormy, uncertain. N.& SW, - 
all. Cause, occasion. ‘You've no call to be so buseful.” N. & S.W. 
Callow-wablin. An unfledged bird. (A.) 
Callus-stone, A sort of gritty earth, spread on a board for knife-sharpening. 
_. (Witts Arch, Mag., vol. xxii., p, 109.) N.W. (Cherhill.) 
