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Alack for alas. 



After-maths, q. after-mowin 



mowing the eddish ; roughiugs we take for that rough coarse grass the 



cattle will not eat. 

 Arls or Earls, earnest. 

 An Arvil, a funeral treat ; the word and practice retained in the Vicarage of 



Halifax. I was at one for an ancient minister a few months ago. 

 As or Asse, ashes, var. dial. 

 As tite, as soon; titter, sooner. 

 An Ashler wall, freestone hewed with a mason's axe into smoothness, 



q. Axtler. 

 Aud-farand, out of fashion when applied to elder persons ; and witty above 



their age, when to children. 

 Avkardly, opposite to towardly. 

 An Awmoss, alms, from French aumosncs. 

 Awn, owiljW. dial. As ajen. 



Backus, bakehouse. 



Very Bain, about one, officious, ready to help. 



Bang his Banes, beat his bones. 



Bawks, the large timber beams that support the roof by sign-trees, under the 



side-wavers, and a prick-post under the rig-tree, summers or summer-trees 



are never contiguous to the roof, but only the main-beams in a chamber- 



floor. 



Bannock, &c. Tharfe cakes. 

 A Barn, a child, S. beajin, Matth. ii. 18. 

 A Barn, a garner, S. Matth. iii. 12. 



A Barr, a gate of a town or city, Mickelgate, from S. mycel, not St. Michael. 

 Bawt, without. 

 A Bawl, bowl. 



Belling, matter mixed with blood running out of a sore. 

 Beneson, benediction. 

 A Benkit, a small wood vessel with a cover that is loose, and fitted with 



notches to two prominent legs that have a string through them to carry 



it by. 



To Bezle, waste, embezzle. 

 To Bid or Bead, to pray, from S. bea'se, oratio. 

 To Blare, to put out the tongue. 

 To Blate or Bleil, proper to a calPs or sheep's voice. 

 Bleak, exposed to the weather ; it stands bleak. 

 A Binding, a hazel rod, or thorn, two or three yards long, so called, because 



used for binding the hedge-tops. 

 Blew Milk, skimmed milk. 

 Blind-mans-buffe, a play. 

 Bloa, black and blue. 

 A Blowse or Blawze, proper to women; a blossom, a wild rinish girl, proud 



light skirts. 

 A Bloated look, a bloa, dusky, dark countenance, caused by intemperance 



mostly. 



To Boken, to nauseate, ready to vomit. 

 The Boonht of the elbow. 



