300 GLOSSARY. 



Blown, or Hoven, raised, swollen, or tumefied ; an inflammatory af- 

 fection of the paunch, in cattle, ending in paralysis or rupture of 

 its substance, caused by eating fresh and damp food. 



Bottom-land, low ground ; particularly, low, level grounds, or lands, 

 adjoining rivers. 



Bout, a round in ploughing ; a tour across a field and back again to 

 the same place. 



Bouting, ploughing in bouts, or in rounds ; making a tour across a 

 field and back again to the same place. 



Brairding iceil, a Scotch term, denoting, in young grain, a foliage 

 which promises an abundant product. 



Brass, an alloy of copper and zinc. 



Broadcast, cast or dispersed upon the ground, from the hand, or spread 

 with a shovel or fork ; opposed to planting or dropping, in hills or 

 rows. 



Broom, a plant, of which there are several species, cultivated for herb- 

 age, and also on account of its fibres, which are of sufficient tough- 

 ness to be made into thread. It is also cultivated for its bitter qual- 

 ities. 



Broomcorn, a species of Guineacorn, bearing a head, of which brooms 

 are made. 



Broomstraiv, the straw of broomcorn, after the seeds have been thresh- 

 ed out. 



Bulb, a round bud, or root, under ground, like the onion, lily, &c. 



Bulbous, producing or containing bulbs ; growing from bulbs, as the 

 onion, lily, &c. 



Burnet, (Poterium Sanguisorba, Linn.) a hardy perennial, with com- 

 pound leaves, blood-colored flowers, and a long taproot, cultivated 

 for herbage and hay, and sometimes for culinary purposes. 



Calcareous, consisting of lime, or partaking of the nature of lime. 



Calcareous Soils, such as will eflervesce with acids. According to 

 Sir Humphrey Davy, they contain at least seven eighths of sand. 



Caloric, the chemical term for the matter of heat. 



Caloric, (free,) radiant heat, or that which is not in chemical union 

 with other bodies. 



Caloric, (latent,) the matter of heat in a state of combination ; not 

 perceptible. 



Capillary, fine, hair like. 



Capillary attraction, the force by which fluids are drawn into mi- 

 nute tubes, or cavities, as oil in the wick of the lamp. 



Carbon, the base of diamond and of charcoal. 



Carbonate of lime, the conipound of carbonic acid and lime, under 

 the names of marble, limestone, calcareous spar, chalk, &c. 



Carbonate of potash, common potash ; pearlash ; salt of tartar. 



Carbonic acid, carbon combined with oxygen. 



To Cast a horse, to throw him suddenly on his back by a rope passed 

 round his neck and legs, so as to render him immovable. 



Casting, ploughing into ridges. See p. 135. 



Cereal, relating to corn. Cereal plants are the several kinds of grain. 



Cereal Grasses, those raised for breadcorn ; as wheat, &c. 



Chalybeate, the term applied to mineral waters impregnated with iron. 



