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A DICTIONARY OF 
(2) Primula farinosa, L. — Cumb. ; E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
(3) Cardamine pratensis, L. — Cumb. ; E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Bonny Rabbit. Antirrhinum majus, L. — Dev. (i. e. Bunny 
Rabbit, a tautological cbildren’s name). 
Bonwort. Beilis perennis, L. — Arcli. xxx. 404 ; Hal. Wr. 
Boodle. Chrysanthemum segetum, L. — Hal. 
‘ The brake and the cockle be noisome too much, 
Yet like unto Boodle no weed there is such.’ 
Tusser. — ‘ Eive Hundred points of good Husbandry.’ 
Norf. With. ed. iv. ; Nliamp. Baker ; Suff. Moor. Prior, p. 26. 
Booin. Benedo Jacohcea, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Boollesse. A spelling of Bullace, which see. See E. D. S. Gloss, 
to Tusser, D. 21, p. 321. 
Boon-tree. Sambucus nigra^ L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Boor’s (Boures) Mustard. Thlaspi arvense, L. — Turn. ([N’ames) 
gives this name, from the Dutch Bauren-senfe. Lyte quotes it as 
Bowers Mustard, from which the transition to Bowiers or Boivyers 
Mustard (Ger. 204, 205, where the name is applied to Lepidium 
ruder ale) is easy. Cf. ChLurl’s Mustard. 
Boor-tree. Samhucus nigra, L. — S. Lane. E. D. S. Lane. Gloss. ; 
Bcotl. (Ayrs.) ; Irel. (Belfast), El. B. 
Bootry. Sambucus nigra, L. — Clachn. 
Boots. Caltha palustris, L. — Ches. Ger. Compare Meadow Bouts. 
Prior, p. 27. 
Boots and Shoes. (1) Lotus cornicidatus, L. — Buss. 
(2) Aquilegia vulgaris, L. — Corn. 
Borage. Borrago officinalis, L. — Lyte, and all subsequent authors. 
Prior, p. 26. 
Bore. (1) A word used by Tusser, and probably meaning Bambucus 
nigra, L. — Prior, p. 26. See Bore-tree. 
(2) Dr. Prior writes to us : ‘A police-constable, giving evidence at 
Bishop’s Lydeard (Som.) in a case of starving sheep, said “ they had 
ate up everything they could get at but the bores in the hedge.” One 
of the magistrates has since procured and shown me one. It is 
Carduus eriopliorus. The man meant Burs ’ (which see). 
Borecole. Hal. Wr. j Prior, p. 26. 
Bore-tree, or Bor-tree. (1) Bambucus nigra, L. — Ches. Wilbra- 
ham’s Gloss. ; Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 (pronounced bortery ) ; N. 
Lane. E. D. S. Lane. Gloss. ; Yks. Clevel. Gloss, and E. D. S. Gloss. 
0. 2; Scottish Bord. Jamieson; Irel. (Belfast). Prior, p. 27. In N. 
Lane, elder wine is called bortree joan; or it may be because children 
bore the wood to make popguns, which in Cumb. are called bore- 
tree guns. Coles (A. in E.) says : ‘ Perhaps because the pith being 
forth, it seemeth as if it was bored.’ See Bourtree and Bur-tree. 
(2) Scrophularia nodosa, L. — Ciimb. Ray’s North Country Words. 
