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Alack for alas. 

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After-maths, q. after-mowiugs, the grass in the meadows, that grows after the 



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



cattle will not eat. 

 Arts or Earls, earnest. 

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



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

 As or Asse, ashes, var. dial. 

 As tite, as soon; titter, sooner. 

 An Ashl-er wall, freestone hewed with a mason's axe into smoothness, 



q. Ax:tler. 

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



their age, when to children. 

 Aukardlj/, opposite to towardly. 

 An Awmoss, alms, from French aumosnes. 

 Aw)i, own, vai". dial. As a^en. 



Backm, bakehouse. 



Very Bain about one, officious, ready to help. 



Bang his Banes, beat his bones. 



Batoks, the large timber beams that support the roof by sigii-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 Bant, a child, S. beapn, Matth. ii. 1 8. 



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



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



Baiot, without. 



A Baicl, bowl. 



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



Beneson, benediction. 



A Beiikit, 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'»e, oratio. 



To Blare, to put out the tongue. 



To Blate or BUit, 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 

 nsed for binding the hedge-tops. 



Blew Milk, skimmed milk. 



Blind-mans-huffe, a play. 



Bloa, black and blue. 



A Bloicse or Blawze, proper to women; a blossom, a wild rinish girl, prond 

 light skirts. 



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

 mostly. 



To Boken, to nauseate, ready to vomit. 



The Booghl of the elbow. 



