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A frontal. Bold, impertinent. Some say " effrontai," " afronta'in " meane 



to deceive. 

 A faeu d'alles. With all speed, full gallop. 

 A Hair a basse ieau. To fish at low spring tides in the baysor abouti the 



coast of the island. Allai'r a la peque would mean the ordinary occupation 



in boats such as angling, drawing nets, &c. 

 AveuglliSSement. Hypnotism. 



Badrin, badrement. Worry, Metivier has the verb badrair. 

 Bas. L ' esprit bas, " Low-spirited, depressed." Uceur bas, " Weak, chiefly 



owing to want of food." Temps bas, "Dull weather." Mettre bas, 



" To make a memorandum of." 

 Bille. A pound note. 



Billet d'Etat. Blue book in connection with States' meetings. 

 Bllai en hePbe. Anything as yet uncertain. 

 Bettes. Beets, short form for betteraves. 

 Blanches pierres. The lane leading from St. Martin's Road (Rue au 



pretre, see further on) to the lower Hubits. 

 Many of our small lanes formerly had small raised footpaths on one side. 

 Blanches Pierres. Monoliths in Jersey are known by this name. The 

 . sites of standing stones (menhirs) are marked in such manner as Blanche 



Pierre. (3ieme Publication of the Societe Jersiaise (1878) p. 147). 

 Feugrel. The Chevauchee de Saint Michel used to halt near the well. See 



Folk Lore, p. 59. 

 Havre de Vau Bete (86) . I understand that criminals used to be executed 



at this spot at the high water mark of the March high tide (plein de 



Mars) . Telegraph Bay is quite a modern name ; it arises from the fact 



that the telegraph wire from Guernsey to Jersey is carried over this part 



of the coast. 

 " Biete au fossai " or " A fllot." To make both ends meet, in other words 



" afloat," keep one's head above water. 

 BourdeletS. Rocks on the W. of the island. 

 Brachi jusqu'au COUde. Tucked up sleeves. 

 Barre. The cross strip or step of a ladder. 



Boudin d'eat. Catgut. 



Les houilles or houles Massy Brouard. See 607. 



La brise se fait. It is getting windy. 



Bracteux. Chatter -box. 



Houle de la blliue roeque. A rock on the W. of Guernsey. 



Bord. Place, the same as Fr. endroit. 



Mare de la Decoul^e. A rock on the W. coast of the island. 



BllanefeiS. Cutthroat, hypocrite. 



Comme le bllai' fait au moulin. As wheat does at the mill, fig. A 



thorough change. 

 La Roeque Buttai'e or Buttee. Rock on the N.W. of the island. 

 Cape. Scurf, dandruff often found on the head of babee. A.S. scheorfan, to 



scrape. Ger. schurfen. 

 Cachier. To drive. 

 Caounnair. To beg. 

 Caunai'r. To ring (of the ears). 

 Caune. Mettre ses caunes en dedans. "To put back, draw in one's horns," 



i.e., " To get discouraged, change one's mind or return to your former 



opinion, 



