Blicant _adj._ bright, shining (A S _blican_, to shine)
Blid _s._ applied in compa.s.sion, as poor old blid--blade
Blowth _s._ bloom, blossom, ex. A good blowth on the apple trees
Blunt _s._ a storm of snow or rain, snow-blunt
Boarden _adj._ made of board
Bobsnarl _s._ a tangle as of a skein of twine
Booc _s._ a wash of clothes, (A S _buc_ water vessel)
Bodkins _s._ swingle-bars. Weys and Bodkins, portions of plough-harness
Body-horse _s._ the second horse in a team, that which draws from the end of the shafts
Boming _adj._ hanging down, like a woman"s long hair
Boneshave _s._ hip-rheumatism
Bore, the tidal wave in the river Parrett
Borrid _adj._ applied to a sow when seeking the boar
Bos, Bus _s._ a yearling calf, a milk sop (Lat. _bos_)
Bottle _s._ a bubble, a small cask for cider _v._ to bubble
Boughten _past part._ of to buy
Bow _s._ a culvert, arched bridge, arch, as Castle-bow, Taunton
Bowerly _adj._ portly, tall, well-made, quy. _buirdly_
Bowsin _s._ fore part of a cattle stall
Brandis _s._ an iron frame to support a pan or kettle over a hearth-fire (A S _brand-isen_)
Brash _s._ a row, tumult, crash (A S _brastl_ a noise)
Brave _adj._ in good health
Brazed _past part._ cramped with cold
Br"d, or Bard, Breaze _v._ to bruize, to indent, as on an apple
Breath _s._ a scent, a smell
Breeze _v._ to braize or solder a kettle
Brickle, Burtle _adj._ brittle
Brineded _adj._ brindled
Bring-gwain _v._ to get rid of, to spend, to accompany a person some way on a journey, bring-going
Brit, Burt, to leave a dent or impression
Brize, Prize _v.a._ to press down
Broom-squires _s._ Quantock broom-makers
Brock _s._ a piece of turf for fuel (Du. _brocke_, a mora.s.s)
Broller, Brawler _s._ a bundle of straw
Brow-square, an infant"s head cloth
Bruckley, Brode _adj._ as applied to stock given to break fence, to cheese that breaks into fragments
Brummle, Brimmel (A S _brimel_) _s._ bramble
Bucked _adj._ having a strong hircine taste, applied to cheese
Buckle _v.n._ to bend, to warp
Buckle _s._ a dispute _v._ to quarrel.
Buddle _v._ to suffocate in mud
Bug _s._ beetle, as water-bug, may-bug, c.o.c.kchafer
Bullen _s._ large black sloes; bullace-plum
Bullworks, Bullocking _adj._ rude, romping
b.u.mtowel _s._ long-tailed t.i.t
Bungee, (g hard), _adj._ short and squat
Burcott _s._ a load
Burge _s._ bridge
Burr _s._ a sweet-bread
Bursh _s._ brush