238 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



Bird-Starving. Add .— S.W. (Shrewton, etc.) 



*Bitten. " A bitten dog," one addicted to biting. N.W. (Chute.) 



Is this a survival of the old form of the present participle, in -end instead 



of ing ? 



Blacky-more. The Bulrush. S.W. (Deverill.) 



Bladder. A disease in sheep, etc. See Bloody- Bladder and 



Warning-Bladder. 

 Bleat. Add .—s.w. 



Blind-llOUSe. Add : — Not obsolete, but in common use still about 

 Trowbridge, etc. 



*Blish. In the days of hand-reaping with the old-fashioned sickle, men who 

 were caught " blishing " had their wages docked. It appears to have meant 

 chopping or hacking down the wheat, instead of reaping it properly. N.W. 



(Potterne.) 



Bloody-Bladder. A disease in sheep, so called by shepherds. A form of 

 miscarriage in cow or ewe, often caused by too free feeding. A bladder 

 protrudes, and death always follows. It is called 6 ' Warning-Bladder " 

 by farmers. S.W. 



BloSSOm. Add: — In a memorandum book kept by Thomas Gardiner of 

 Titherton we find the following entry : — " 1698. May 3. It snowed 

 exceeding hard with very great blosumes." — (Hist, of Chip., p. 191.^ 



Blubber-headed. Big-headed. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



Bolt. To protrude. " Bolting " or " bolted " eyes, prominent eyes. N.W. 



*Borsiall. A path up a steep place. " He knew . . . every s borstall ' 



. . . on the Downs." — Diogenes Sandals, p. 143. 

 Bottle Tom. Parus caudatus, Long-tailed Tit. N. & S.W. 



Bottom. (2) A ball of cotton or worsted. N.W., obsolete. 



Breezed. The same as " spreathed " with cold. S.W. 

 *Brimmin-tucker. A new hat. (Slow.) 



Broody. Sour-tempered, sulky. N. & S.W. 



Bmng. Pret. of bring. N. & S.W. 



Buffet. To swing the arms about, as workmen do in cold weather to warm 



themselves. N.W. 

 Buffle. To deal shiftily, to cheat. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



Buffler. A cheat, (Notes and Queries, 6th Aug.. 1881.; A shifty, cheating 



fellow, one who is not straightforward. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



