B.
Bac, _sb._ == a crown. Wright"s L. P. p. 70. AS. beag
Back, _sb._ HD. 556
Backbite, _v. a._ Pol. S. 157. pret. "backbate." Ps. x.x.xvii. 21
Backbiter, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 25
Bad, _adj._ RG. 108
Badly, _adv._ RG. 566
Baft, _sb._ == the hinder part. Ps. lxxvii. 66. AS. baefta
Bag, _sb._ Pol. S. 150
Bagful, _sb._ St Swithin, 57
Bailiff, _sb._ RG. 473, 499. n. pl. "baylis" RG. 129
Baillie, _sb._ == office, or duty. 202, 355 B.
---- == authority. Alys. 7532
Bait, _v. a._ (a bear). HD. 1840. ON. beita
Baker, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 35
Balance, _sb._ == doubt. RG. 200
Bald, _adj._ [ballede]. RG. 377, 429
Baldelicker, == bolder. St Swithin, 69
Baldric, _sb._ == [baudry]. Alys. 4698. Fr. baldret. Lat. balteus
Bale, _sb._ == woe. HD. 327. AS. bealu
Baleful, _adj._ Wright"s L. P. p. 53
Bali, == belly. _q. v._
Ball, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 89
---- == head. Alys. 6481. Compare our modern slang "n.o.b"
Balm, _sb._ [baum]. Wright"s L. P. p. 35
Baloynge, == smoothness? Wright"s L. P. p. 35. See Prompt. Parv. s. v.
Balhew
Ban, _sb._ == message. RG. 188
---- == troop, army. O. and N. 390
---- _v. a._ == levy, or raise an army. O. and N. 1666
Band, _sb._ == chain, bond. [bende], RG. 379
Bandon, _sb._ == dominion, authority. Wright"s L. P. p. 27. pl. bandons, == orders, commands. Alys. 3180
Baneur, _sb._ == ensign-bearer. RG. 361
Bank, _sb._ (of a river). Alys. 3495
Banker, _sb._ == cloth or covering for a bench. Ritson"s AS. viii. 69. Fr.
banquier. See Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ and Way"s note there
Banner, _sb._ RG. 541, 542, 402
Banneret, _sb._ == a little banner. Alys. 5236
---- == knight-banneret. RG. 551
Baptize, _v. a._ RG. 86
Baptizing, _sb._ RG. 86
Bar, _sb._ HD. 1794
Barbary, _sb._ == foreign lands. Ps. cxiii. 1
Barbet, _sb._ == a hood, or m.u.f.fler. Pol. S. 154
Barbican, _sb._ Alys. 1591. Fr. barbacan. _Vid._ Roq. s. v.; and see Phil.
Soc. Proc. vol. iii. p. 156
Bare, _sb._ == tree. O. and N. 56. ON. Barr
Bare, _adj._ == naked. RG. 514
---- == mere, single. M. Ode, 70