302 'OUR INSULAR DIALECT. 



Bernage. This fr. word, meaning "a heap," is not fonnd in ordinary 



dictionaries, but it is used in Guernsey. Hr., hern, berna, a heap, 



to heap. 

 Barme. Barm, yeast. The root is bhur, to start, to be unquiet. 

 Barique. Barrel. 

 Bibet. Trifle. Br., fubuen, bibyuen; W., givybedin, a, small insect, 



Gnat. Fig., a small matter. 

 Bigaehier, To cut at random. Com. Br., bigell, hoe. 

 Bond. Attack, fit. Fr., "par bonds," by fits and starts. Fr., bond, 



leap. 

 Boudin. Bowel, intestine. There may be an affinity with Heb., badad, 



to bind; beten, belly. Com. W.,poten; Eng., pudding, paunch ; 



Ger., bauch, all expressing the idea of bulging out or protuberance. 



Bourdai'r or bouttai'r. To sulk. Com. fr., boudev. 



Boueailler. To potter about. Metivier has the word, but does not 

 give this meaning. 



Boueas. Rubbish. Com. Heb., huh, to make empty. 



Bourdouna'ir. To hum. Bourdon, a bee. 



Biaze. Fog, thickness at sea. 



Biete. Turf. 



Bounnet. Bonnet. " II a tete et bounnet," he has an opinion of his 

 own. "II fait le haut bounnet," he rides the high horse. " Etre 

 sous un bounnet," to be very intimate. 



Bouquet. Gust or puff of wind. 



Bouaillon. Death rattle in the throat. A sharp sound similar to boil- 

 ing water. Fr., bouilUr, to boil. 



Boutehin or boutehinin. Careless, clumsy work. 



Br»actair. Fr., braque, a kind of dog. To bark. A. sax., beorcan, 

 brecan, byrcan, possibly a modification of break, to crack, snap. If 

 the letters are interchanged there would be an affinity between 

 bract air and bark. 



Bran (mains de). Clumsy hands. 



Brulai'r. A word used in different senses, e.g., "Le coeur brula'i," 

 heartburn : " Yin brulai," mulled wine. 



Brulet or Pique. To wound the feelings of a person. Also " bradins," 



a form of broad hints. 

 Broku, broqu. A fish dried like conger. Also a kind of shark. 

 Brazilier (se). To worry. 

 Brouillon. Muddle. Fr., brouiller. 

 B'sais. Metivier has " p'sais," dried pea stalks. 

 Broussepe. Fr., rehroussepoil. A cat's fur ruffled and stroked the 



contrary way. Pe is no doubt Fr. poil. O. Fr., broce, broclie ; Fr., 



brosse ; Ger., borste ; com. Eng., bristle, brush. The fur becomes 



bushy. The root is no doubt allied to Heb. berosh, tree of the fir 



kind, pine, hence also a spear. 

 Bottin. A kind of knee cap or wrapper, usually made of carpet, and 



used by farmers when weeding. 

 Bissonniere (fairel'ecole). To play truant. Bisson, bush ; to go among 



the bushes. 

 Buitseurre. A shoot of no use whatever, springing up from the root 



of a fruit tree. Fr., bouture. 



