GLOSSARY. 



Beyn, sd. a bean, i6* 



BoBBE, s/>. grub, larva of fly or beetle, 23. See dob (4) 



in Hallivvell. 

 HosARDE, sd. a buzzard, 34 

 BuwE, sd. a circuit, 3. " Taketh a bowe," a falconer's 



term for the random flight of a hawk. 

 Braye, v. to beat, pound. 

 Breeme, 27, breme, 15*, sl>. a bream. 

 Bremet, 15, bremettis, 27, sd. young bream. 

 Brended, adj. brindled, streaked, 27. Cf. brandling, 



"the angler's dew-worm " ; Halliwell. 

 Brenne, v. to burn, 7, 24 

 Brennyng, adj. burning, 20 

 Breyled, adj. ringed, 24. ( From O. F. hraiel., a girdle, 



cincture holding up the braies (braccw, E. breeks). 



See Burguy's Glossaire. W.VV.S.) 

 Broche, sb. a spit, hence, a piercer, 7 

 Brybours, 5^. />/. robbers, 36 



Bryd, 7*, bryde, 5*, sb. a bird. Byrde in 1496 text. 

 Bryn, v. to burn, 7* 

 Bub 23", see Bobbe. 



Canker, sb. a caterpillar and prolxibh' also a grub or 

 maggot, 23 



Cheuyx, sb. the chub or chevin, 26. Cheven chobe 

 (Denison te.xt, p. 15), and Cheuen chubbe (1496 

 te.xt) appear to be applied to young fish which 

 mav be caught with a line of si.x hairs, while the 

 " grete cheven " requires one of nine hairs. From 

 F. chef. 



Cheys, v. to choose, i* 



Clystes, 12. Prob. an error for clyftcs, clifts ; see 

 clyfte in line II above. 



(-OCKESHOTECORDE, sb. cord of the kind used for 

 making a cockshiit, or biid net. 



(^ODWORME, sb. cade or caddis worm, ( larva of Pliry- 

 ganida), 23. Also called case-worm, straw-worm, 

 caiidew, cod-bait, &c. Particular kinds are known 

 as the piper, cock-spur and ruff-coat. 



