indicate a bater-or deer going back-or a youngish one.-Account of a Stag-hunt on Aug. 19, 1886, in Wellington Weekly News, Aug. 26, 1886. BATH [baath], v. t. To bathe. [Wee baath úz aid úv·uree dai wai chúl wau'dr eens múd waursh aewt aul dhu kuruup'shn,] we bathe his head every day with chilled water, so as to wash out all the matter (from the wound). BATTENS [baat⋅nz], sb. Tech. The strips of wood fixed longitudinally upon the rafters, to which are fastened the slates, tiles, or thatch, as the case may be. BATTER [baat'ur], v. i. and sb. When a wall is made to slope inwards towards the building or bank, it is said to batter. The amount of slope is called the batter. This word is the converse of over-hang. BATTERY [baat'uree]. Buttress (always). Speaking of a wall which was leaning, a man said to me: I think he'd stan nif was vor to put up a bit of a battery agin un.14th Feb. 1881. BATTLE [baat 1], sb. A heavy wooden mallet bound with two iron rings, used for cleaving wood. In this sense we generally hear it coupled with the wedges. Where be the battle n wadges? See WEDGES. Pronounced also, but not so commonly, beetl, bút·l, buy tl; the last form is more frequently heard than the other two. See STANDING-BATTLES. Still let them graze, eat sallads, chew the cud: Hugh.-The beetle and wedges will where you will have them. BATTLE-HEAD [baatl aid]. I. (Always.) thumb fish. 2. A stupid, thick-headed fellow. The miller's [Yu guurt baatl aid! Aay núvur ded-n zee dhu fuulur u dhee!], you great battle-head! I never saw the fellow of thee! BATTLE-HEADED [baat l-ai dud], adj. Stupid. [Ee-z dhu baa tl ai duds guurt dung ee'ul úvur yùe zeed-n yur luyv,] he is the battle-headedest great dunghill you ever saw in your life. BATTLE-STICK [baat·l-stik], sb. The handle of the battle, or beetle, as most glossaries call it. [Dhu bas dhing vur u baat l'stik-s u graewnd uulum,] the best thing for a battle-stick is a ground elm. BATTLE-STOCK [baat l-stauk], sb. battle or beetle. It is generally made of The round head of the a junk of an apple-tree. [Mus au vees pik aewt u zaaw'ur aapl vur baat l-stauks-zweet aa plz bee sauf èo'dud,] one must always pick out a sour apple (tree) for battle-stocks-sweet apples are soft wooded. BAUDERY [bau duree], sb. Obscene, filthy language. [Núv'ur ded-n yuur noa jis bau duree uvoar] I never heard such obscenity before. BAWL [baal], sb. Chatter, impertinence, talk. [Oald dhee baal, uls aal maek dhee !], stop thy chatter, or I will make thee! [Kaa'n spai'k bud uur mus puut een uur baal!], one cannot speak (in reproof) but she must put in her impertinence. [Kaum soa us! yuur-z moo'ur baal-n wuurk, u puurdee suyt!], come mates! here is more talk than work, a pretty sight. BAY [bai, rarely baa'y]. 1. sb. A dam or bank for the purpose of retaining or turning water aside; never applied to the water itself. In mixing mortar, it is usual to make a circular bay of sand to retain the water poured on the lime. A very common method of fish poaching is to make a bay, at a dry season, so as to divert the stream from a pool or hole, and then to dip out all the water in the pool, of course catching all the fish. See STANK. Moile, f, an arch, damme, or bay of planks, whereby the force of water is broken.-Cotgrave. Bay (mech.) or pen, a pond head made very high to keep in water for the supply of a mill.—Stat. 27 Elizabeth.— Crabb. 2. The space on a roof between two principals extending from the eaves to the ridge. If an old roof required new covering in uncertain weather, it would be usual to give orders only to strip one bay at a time. It would generally be about ten feet wide, but depending upon the construction of the roof. [Wee aan u-guut uun ee bud waun hai u raefturz vur tu fún eesh,] we have only got one bay of rafters to finish. 3. That part of a barn which is generally on each side of the thrashing-floor; in this sense, no doubt, the space partitioned off by the floor partakes of the nature of a recess. The word is used to express the entire space on either side of the floor. See BARN'S FLOOR, ZESS; also POOL. Heze houses with-inne pe halle to hit med, So brod bilde in a bay, þat blonkkes my3t renne. E. E. Alliterative Poems. Cleanness, l. 1391. E. E. T. S. 4. The second from the head of the points or antlers (q. z.) growing out of the horns of a red-deer, by which the age of the stag is judged. See Bow, POINTS, RIGHTS. E BAY [bai], v. t. To pond or obstruct the flow of water. To bay back the water, is one of the commonest of phrases. The wind bayed back the tide. Mr. Baker 've a bayed back the water eens all o' it urnth down his ditch, and we 'ant a got a drop vor the stock to drink. The water rose three feet in half an hour, and now you would have to bay back the stream to get a bucket full.-P. Q. K., Jan. 10, 1880. BAY [bai]. 1. v. and sb. To give out the deep-voiced sound of a stag, or bloodhound, or other large dog. Ordinary dogs are said to bark, while to bay is to utter a long, deep howl. Of staghounds a man would say: gee een tuung,] [Aay yuurd dhu bai oa-m,] I heard their bay. Of foxhounds, harriers, or small sporting dogs: [Aay yuurd um giving tongue. Bay of houndes, aboyement de chiens, aboy, sm.-Palsgrave. 2. v. t. and sb. Hunting. Hounds are said to bay a deer when they surround him in some spot where they cannot get at him, but keep baying at him. Here the pack bayed him on a rock for an hour, and in attempting to turn round he fell, and the hounds closed on him. Records North Dev. Staghounds, p. 41. We see below us our quarry, dripping from his recent bath, standing proudly on a rock surrounded by the flowing tide. The hounds bay him from the land.-Collyns, p. 143. When this occurs the stag is said to be at bay. be couherdes hound þat time . . he gan to berke on þat barn, and to baie it hold, þat it wax nei3 of his witt.—William of Palerme, 1. 32. Favourite was stabbed in the flank by the stag when at bay, and died two days after.-Records North Dev. Staghounds, p. 43. BE- [bi-, bee-]. A common prefix to verbs, generally having a strengthening force, as in beknown, beneaped; but sometimes having the force of the prefix mis in misbehave, as in becall, &c. The examples in these pages will show it to have as many significations as it possesses in Mod. German. See BEHOPE. BE [bee], p. part. of to be district. = been. Very common in the Hill [Uur aath-n u-be tu chuurch zúnz Kuursmus,] she has not been to church since Christmas. In Gernade atte siege hadde he be Chaucer, Prologue, 11. 56, 60. Sir Ferumbras, l. 277. We Labbep be felawes gode and trewe in body and eke on herte. For euere my bred had be bake: myn lyf dawes had be tynt : And sayde, Lord God, 3yff hit be þi wył þat af þyng ever ydo be.—Chron. Vilod. st. 327. Vor es olweys thort her to ha be bare Buckle and Thongs. BEAK-IRON [bik-uy'ur]. The iron T which they hammer and rivet their hoops. of a small anvil. The pointed end of a the [bik u dhu anveeru!,] beak of the anvil. describing this as a blacksmith's tool. Ibid. 1. 577 Ex. Scold. 1. 545. used by coopers, on It answers the purpose common anvil is called Halliwell is wrong in BEAM [Lee'm]. 1. sb. Of a sull, or plough. The back or main support, now wl.olly of iron, but till recently always of wood, to which all the other parts are attached. Beneath the beam is fixed the breast or foundation of the working part of the implement, and from its latter end springs the tail or handle. See WANG. 2. Of a loom. In every common loom there are two beams or rollers, one called the [chain bee'm,] chain beam, on which is wound the warp, and from which it is unwound as the cloth is woven; the other called the [klauth_bee'm,] cloth beam, upon which the fabric is rolled up as woven. 3. The balanced part of a weighing-machine, to each end of which a scale is hung. The whole apparatus is the "Beam and Scales.” See WEIGHTS. BEAM [bee'm], v. t. To wind the warp upon the chain beam. This is a matter of some nicety, as all the threads have to be kept even and parallel, or it will not make a good bosom (q. v.). BEAMER [bee'mur], sb. A person whose work it is to beam chains-i. e. to wind the warp upon the roller or beam, ready for the weaver to place in his loom. BEAM-FEATHERS [bee'm vadh'urz], sb. feathers in a bird's wing. The stiff quill BEAMING-FRAME [bee'meen frae'um], sb. The machine in which the above operations preparatory to weaving are performed. BEAN-HAULM [bee un-uul'um], sb. The stalks of the bean after thrashing. See PEASE-HAULM. BEANS [bee'unz]. [Ee du nau (or ce nauth) aew mún ce bee unz maek vai v,] he knows how many beans make five, is a very common description of a cute, clever fellow-squivalent to the ordinary phrase, He knows what he is about. See B. BEARERS [bae'ururz]. At funerals there are two classes of bearers. The under-bearers, who actually carry the corpse on their shoulders, and the pall-bearers, generally friends not related to the deceased person, who walk by the side and hold a corner of the pall in their hands-the pall [paul] being thrown over the coffin and the heads of those carrying it. All this used, until lately, to be de rigueur, but now it is becoming obsolete. The same custom may still be seen in some foreign countries, where friends walk on each side of the hearse, each holding the end of a band or ribband attached to the coffin. BEARING [bae ureen]. 1. The block or eye in which any spindle or shaft revolves; the journal-box. 2. Any part of the spindle itself which touches a support, or on which it turns. A long shaft may have many bearings in it, as well as under it. 3. The journals or gudgeons are likewise called bearings. BEARING-PAINS [bae creen paa'ynz], sb. The pains immediately preceding child-birth. BEAST [beerus], sb. Oxen. Collective noun, very seldom used as a singular. [Wuur bee gwaa'yn wai dhai bee us?], where are you going with those "beast"? When used severally, which is not very often, this word becomes bee ustez, and more rarely bee ustezez. [D-ee meet dree bee ustez kaumeen au'n?], did you meet three oxen as you came onwards? See EULLOCKS. Weary and wet, as bestys in the rain Comes silly John, and with him comes Alein. Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 187. A farmer told me: [Aay-v u-gid aewt tu wuur keen u bee us—doan paay; dhai doan kaum tu beef zu zèo'n bee u yuur,] I have given up working "beast," (i:) does not pay; they do not become beef so soon by a year (as those not used for ploughing, &c.). BEASTLE [bee'usl], v. t. To soil, to befoul, to make filthy. [Muyn un neet bee'usl yur kloa'uz,] mind and not soil your clothes. [Draat dhu chee'ul! neef ee aa'n u-beṛusl úzzuul aul oavur !], drat the child! if he has not befouled himself all over! How thick pony do drow the mux; he'll beastle anybody all over, nif they baint awake to un! BEAT [bait], v. t. and sh. A proc.ss in husbandry. To dig off the "spine" or turf, and then to burn it and scatter the ashes before ploughing. This is a very common practice when Hill pasture has become overrun with objectionable growths, such as gorse, brambles, or ferns; or when moorland is first tilled. |