j2o PROVINCIALISMS. 



JKTRDEN-BAND ; a hempen hay-band. 

 BURK ; betula alba ; the birch. 

 BUR-THISTLE; carduus lanceolatus -, fpear-thiftlc> 

 BUSK; abufli. 

 BUTTERBUMPj the bittern. 

 BUVER j the common gnat, or mufquitd. 



C. 



To CADGE ; to carry. 



To CAKE ; to cackle as geefe : gecfe cake, henS 

 cackle. 



CAM ; any long mound of made earth. 



CAN ; a fmall milk-pail, with a handle on the fide. 



To CANKER ; to ruft. 



CANKER; ruft (in common ufe). 



CANTY ; brifk, lively, active ; generally fpoken of 

 an old perfon. 



CAPES ; ears of corn broken off in thrashing 

 (the NORF. COLDER). 



CAR ; low marfhy ground ; fen ; contradiftindl: 

 from " Ing," as being paftured. 



CARBERRIES ; goofeberries ; ribes groj/ularia; pro- 

 perly grofiberrits. 



CARLINGS ; fried peafe, eaten the Sunday next 

 but one before Eafter j which is called " Carl- 

 Sunday." 



CAT-WHIN ; rofa fpinofj/ima ; burnet rofe. 



To CAVE (vulgarly to keeav)-> to raks off or out of; 

 as fhort ftraws and ears from the corn in chaff on 

 a barn-floor. 



CAUF j calf. 



CAVING- 



