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sub. a doll BACKARE, int. go back! BACKSWORDMAN, sub. a singlestick player BACK-TRICK, sub. a caper backwards in dancing BAFFLE, v. i. to disgrace BALDRICK, sub. a belt BALE, sub. evil, mischief BALK, v. t. to balk logic—to dispute, chop logic BALKED, pt. p. heaped up in balks or ridges BALLOW, sub. a cudgel BAN-DOGS, sub. fierce dogs, which are kept tied up BANDY, v. t. to fight, contend; a metaphor taken from striking the balls at tennis BANK, v. t. to land on the banks of BANQUET, sub. dessert BARBASON, sub. the name of a fiend BARBED, pt. p. armed; spoken of a horse BARB, v. t. to shave BARFUL, adj, full of difficulties BARM, sub. yeast BASE, sub. a rustic game; To bid a base '=to challenge in the game BASE COURT, sub. a back yard, the lower court in a castle [Fr. basse-cour] BASES, sub. housings worn by knights on horse- back BASILISCO-LIKE, adj. Basilisco, a character in the old play of Soliman and Perseda, indulges in iteration as in the text BASILISK, sub. a large cannon BASTA, int. enough! [Ital.] BASTARD, sub. a sweet Spanish wine BATE, v. i. to flutter as a hawk BATED, pt. p. abated, sunk BATELESS, adj. which cannot be blunted BAT-FOWLING, pr. p. fowling at night by means of a net with torches and poles BATLER, sub. a flat piece of wood, with which washerwomen beat linen BATTEN, v. t. to feed coarsely BATTLE, sub. an army, or division of an army BAUBLE, sub. a fool's staff BAVIN, adj. composed of dry waste brushwood, used in contempt BAWBLING, adj. insignificant BAWCOCK, sub. a term of rude endearment [Fr.beau coq] BARN, sub. a child BAY, sub. the space between the main timbers of a roof in a building, BEADSMAN, sub. one paid to say prayers for others BEAR A BRAIN, to be intelligent BEAR HARD, to dislike BEARING-CLOTH, sub. the cloth in which a child was carried to be christened BEAR IN HAND, to deceive BEAST, sub. an ox BEAVER, sub. that part of a helmet which covers the face BEDLAM, sub. a lunatic; adj. mad BEING, adv. when BEHESTS, sub. commands BE-LEED, pt.p. forced to lee of the wind BERGOMASK, sub. a dance after the manner of the peasants of Bergamasco, a country in Italy, belonging to the Venetians BESHREW, v. t. to curse (not used seriously) BESLUBBER, v. t. to besmear BESMIRCH, v. t. to besmear BESTRAUGHT, adj. mad, distracted BETEEM, v. t. to allow, grant; with a play on the meaning, to pour out BEWRAY, v. t. to discover, to reveal BEZONIAN, sub. a base fellow [Ital. bisognoso] BIDDY! a call to allure chickens BIGGIN, sub. a nightcap [Fr. beguin] BILBO, sub. a sword-blade of great flexibility, manufactured at Bilboa BILBOES, sub. a species of fetters used at sea BILL, sub. brown-bills=battle-axes painted brown BIRD, sub. the young of any bird BIRD-BOLT, sub. a blunt-headed arrow BIRTH-CHILD, sub. a child adopted on account of being born in a certain domain BISSON, adj. blear-eyed, dim-sighted; 'bisson rheum'=blinding tears BLACKS, sub. mourning clothes, suits of mourning BLADED,pt.p. (1) adorned with blades, or (2) in the blade BLANK, sub. the white mark in centre of a target [Fr. blanc]; the aim; v. t. to blanch, to make pale. BLANKS, sub. blank charters sealed by the king, to be filled up at pleasure BLENCH, v. i. to start, flinch; tobe inconstant BLENCHES, sub. inconstancies BLENT, pt. p. blended, mixed BLISTERED, adj. garnished with puffs BLOCK, sub. the wood on which a hat is made; the fashion of a hat BLOOD, sub. a spirited young man BLOOD-BOLTERED, adj. clotted with blood BLOOD, WORST IN, in worst condition BLOWSE, sub. a coarse beauty BLUE-BOTTLE, adj. an allusion to the blue dress of a beadle. BLUE-EYED, adj. with a dark circle round the eye; BLURTED AT, pt.p. sneered at; v. t. to beat, to drub ; to cheat; sub. a cutting remark BODKIN, sub. a dagger BOGGLE, v. i. to hesitate BOLINS, sub. bowlines BOLLEN, adj. swollen BOLT, v. t. to sift BOLTER, sub. a sieve BOMBARD, sub. a leathern drinking vessel BOMBAST, sub. cotton padding; ' bombast circumstance '=inflated talk, BONA-ROBA, sub. a showily dressed woman of light character BOSKY, adj. woody BOTTOM, v. t. to wind thread on BOUND, v. t. to make to leap, BOURN, sub. a limit or boundary; a stream BOW, sub. a yoke BOWGET, sub. a leathern pouch BRABBLE, sub. quarrel BRACE, sub. armour for the arm;state of defence BRACH, sub. a female hound BRAID, adj. deceitful; v. t. to upbraid BRAIN-PAN, sub. the skull BRAVE, adj. fine, beautiful; v. t. to make fine BRAVERY, sub. finery; bravado BRAWL, sub. a French dance BREACH, sub.'breach of the sea'=the surf BREAST, sub. voice in singing BREATH, sub. voice in singing BREESE, sub. the gadfly BRIBED BUCK, perhaps stolen buck, perhaps buck given away in presents, BRIEF, sub. a short summary; a short account; a letter; a list BROACH, v. t. to pierce through, or transfix BROCK, sub. a badger (term of reproach) BROGUES, sub. shoes made of untanned hide BROOCH, v. t. to adorn BUBUKLES, sub. pimples BUCK, v. t. to wash linen with lye, and afterwards beat it BUCKLERSBURY, sub. a street in London chiefly inhabited by druggists BUCK OF THE FIRST HEAD, one in its fifth year BUG, sub. an object of terror BUGLE, sub. a black bead BULK, sub. projecting part of a building; the breast, the trunk, BULLY-ROOK, sub. a swaggering cheater BUNG, sub. a pickpocket BURGONET, sub. a close-fitting helmet BUSH, sub. advertisement (a bush of ivy was usually the vintner's sign) BUSKY, adv. woody BUSS, sub. a kiss; v. t. to kiss BUTTONS, sub. buds BUTTONS, IN HIS, within his power to succeed in it BY-DRINKINGS, sub. occasional drinkings |