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Bittish. adj. Somewhat. “’Twer a bittish cold isterday.” --N. & S.W. 
Blind-house. A lock-up. “1629. Item paied for makeing cleane the blind- 
house vijd.”—Records of Chippenham, p. 204. 
Blind-man. Papaver Rheas, L., ete., the Red Poppy, which is locally 
supposed to cause blindness, if looked at too long. S.W. (Hamptworth.) 
Blood-alley. A superior kind of alley or taw, veined with deep red, and 
much prized by boys. N.W. 
Bloom. 4dd :—To throw out heat as a fire. 
*Bluen. pl. Blossoms. Also used in Devon. 
Blue-vinnied. Covered with blue mould. See Vinney. Commoner in 
Dorset as applied to cheese, etc. N. & S.W. 
Blunt. Add :—Probably a form of Blunk, a fit of stormy weather, which is 
used in the East of England. 
*Borky. (Baulky?) Slightly intoxicated. S.W. 
Bossy, Bossy-calf. A young calf, whether male er female. N.W. 
Boys. The long-pistilled or “pin-eyed” flowers of the Primrose, Primula 
vulgaris, Huds. See Girls. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Break. Add :—Similarly used in Hants, as “I have a-torn my best decanter, 
3 have a-broke my fine cambrick aporn.”—Cope’s Hants Glossary. 
Brushes. Dipsacus sylvestris, L., Wild Teasel. N.W. 
*Buddle. To suffocate in mud. “There! if he haven’t a bin an’ amwoast 
buddled hisel’ in thuck there ditch!” Also used in Som. N.W. (Malmesb.) 
Budgy. Add :—Compare Hants, fudgy, irritable. 
Bur’. (2) Add :—Also Burrow and Bury. ““Why doesn’t thee coom 
and zet doon here in the burrow?” N.W. 
Burl. Add :—The original meaning was to finish off cloth by removing knots, 
loose threads, and other irregularities of surface. 
*(Cack-handed. Add :—Compare Dev., cat-handed, Yorks., gawk-handed, 
and Nhamp., keck-handed, all from Fr. gauche. 
; Caddlesome. Of weather, stormy, uncertain. “It be a main caddlesome 
time for the barley.” S.W. 
Caddling. Add :—* (2) “A cadling fellow, a wrangler, a shifting, and 
sometimes an unmeaning character.” (Cunnington MS.) 
Calves’-trins. Calves’ stomachs, used in cheese-making. A.S. trendel, 
See Trins. Halliwell and Wright give “ Cal/-trwndle, the small entrails 
of a calf.” N.W. 
