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Brall, 77/1, v. quarrelling, scolding. 
Bralling, 101/4, aaj. brawling, quarrel- 
some. 
Brank, 19/20, s. Buck-wheat. Polygo- 
num fagopyrum. ‘* Brance, bearded 
red wheat.” —Cotgrave. ‘‘Brance” 
occurs in Pliny’s Hist. Nat. xviii. 
C7: 
Brats, 81/6, s. A/. children. 
Brauling, 48/15, s. quarrels, contention. 
Braue, 94/2, aaj. fine, grand. 
Brauerie, 9/12, s. show, boast. 
Brawne, 31/2, s. brawn, originally the 
flesh of the wild boar, but used for 
flesh generally. O. Fr. érvaon, 
bration. 
Brawneth, 16/22, v. gr. ¢. fatteneth. 
Breaching, 2/11, s. breaking, breach. 
Breadcorne, 19/20, s. ‘‘ leguminous 
crops.” —Wright’s Dict. 
Breaker, 95/2, s. horse-breaker. 
Breaketh his credit, 10/37, fails to do 
what he has promised. 
Breakhedge, 15/36, s. trespassers and 
others who break down fences, or 
make gaps in hedges. 
Breathely, 33/38, aaj. worthless. See 
Halliwell, s.v. Bretheling. 
Brecke, 16/16, s. breach, gap. A.S. 
brecan, to break. 
Breede, 10/31, v. cause, generate. 
Breeders, 12/2, s. g/. good time for 
breeding. 
Breeding, 2/10, s. origin, source. 
Breers, 113/2, s. A/. briars, thorns, hence 
troubles and difficulties. 
Bremble, 36/23, s. bramble, briar. 
Brest, 11/7, v. nurse. 
Brest, 1138/6, s. voice. 
Breth, 107/4, s. breath. 
Bribing, 10/27, wv. thieving, stealing. 
““T bribe, I pull, I pyll.”—Pals- 
grave. See Mr. Skeat’s note to 
P..Plowman, xxiii. 262. 
Brineth, 75/8, v. gr. ¢. cure with brine 
or salt. 
Brooketh, 94/10, uv. pr. ¢. endures, 
allows. 
Brothell, 10/20, v. riotous, dissipated. 
See Halliwell, s.v. Brethel. 
Brows, 33/11, feed on, nibble. O. Fr. 
brouster from broust, a sprout. 
““Yode forth abroade unto the 
greenewood to érowze or play.” — 
Spenser, Shep. Cal. May. ‘‘ Browse, 
or meat for beastes in snowtyme. 
Vesca.” —Huloet. 
See note. 
Glossary. 
Brue, 15/33, v. brew. A.S. driwan. 
Brush, 17/14, s. underwood, brushwood. 
Brushed cote, 49/4, a beating ; cf. ‘fa 
dusted jacket.” 
Buck, 50/13, s. buckwheat. 
boekweit. 
Buckle, 96/84, v. zp. prepare, get 
ready ; cf. duckle to. 
Bucks, 74/5, s. #7. a quantity of linen 
washed at once, a tub-full of linen 
ready for washing. Bouckfait, a 
washing-tub (Unton Inventories, 
p- 28). Lay your bucks =get your 
linen ready for washing. 
Buglas, 39/5, s. bugloss, Lycopsis arven- 
szs, Linn. 
Buie, 3/8, v.; Buieng, 56/4, buy. 
Bulchin, 33/36, s. a bull-calf. 
Bullimong, 19/30, s. a mixture of oats, 
peas and vetches, or buckwheat. 
Possibly a corruption of Lat. pz/- 
mentum. 
Burch, 92/4, s. the rod, birch. 
Burrage, 39/7, s. borage. Borago offict- 
nalis. The flowers were supposed 
to be cordial and excitative of 
courage, especially if infused in 
wine ; whence the derivation Celtic 
borr, pride, borrach, a haughty 
man. 
Burs, 63/16, s. a7. the burdock. ‘‘ Lourre, 
the downe or hairie coat, where- 
with divers herbs, fruites, and 
flowers are covered.”—Cotgrave. 
Bushets, 37/19, s. /. small shoots from 
bushes. 
Busht, 42/1, ad. thick, spreading. 
Buttrice, 17/4, s. a farrier’s tool used in 
shoeing horses to pare the hoofs. 
Buttrie, 89/5, s. pantry, cupboard. 
Buzard, 46/28, s. buzzard. 
By and bie, 57/15, adv. presently. 
Dutch 
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Cabben, 16/23, s. house, sty. 
Cace, 67/26, s. case, point. 
Cadow, 46/28, s. jackdaw. ‘‘ Cadesse, 
Daw,  Jackdaw.” — Cotgrave. 
‘*Cad-dow, a Jackdaw or Chough, 
Norfolk.” —Bailey’s Dict. See note 
in Prompt. Parv., s.v. Cadaw. 
Calling, 9/1, s. station in life. 
Camamel, 42/3, s. Camomile. Lat. 
chamemelum. Greek xapatunror, 
earth-apple, from the smell of its 
flowers. 
