BULLERS [búl·urz-buul'urz], sb. pl. The flowers of any umbelliferous plants, such as chervil, cow-parsnip, &c. I have heard it applied to the small feathery umbels of the hog-nut.--Bunium flexuosum. Occasionally, though rarely, the name is given to the entire plant, particularly Heracleum sphondylium. BULLOCK [buuleek], sb. The universal generic name for horned cattle-including bulls as well as cows. [Dhu fae'ur wuz vèol u buuleeks, sheep-m, au'sez,] the fair was full of bullocks, sheep, and horses. [V-ee zoa'ul dhik yaefur? Aa! vuur ee nuy's buuleek] have you sold that heifer? Ah! very nice bullock! Mr. Hosegood d'always keep a bullock-i. e. a bull.—Jan. 15, 1886. BULLOCK-BOW [buul'eek boa'], sb. A round piece of wood, bent to the shape of U. The bow passes round the animal's neck, and its ends pass upwards through two corresponding holes in the yoke, which rests on the necks of the oxen. This kind of ox-gear is now almost gone out of use. BULL-STAG [bèol stag]. A gelded bull. See STAG. BUM [buum], sb. Seat, buttocks, anus. A Bumme. Cul. A foul great Bumme. Culasse.-Cotgr. (Sherwood). Chloe. before I disbased myself, from my hood and my farthingal, to these bum-rowls and your whale-bone bodice. Ben Jonson, Poetaster, II. 1. BUM [buum], v. and sb. To dun; a dun. Sheriff's officer. Also as in lit Eng.—to dun into. You can't bum nort into the head o' un. I can't abear t'urn about bummin vokes vor money. Those yer bums gets their money aisy like, they 'ant a-got to work 'ard same's I be a-fo'ced to. BUM-BAILIE [buum-bae'ulee], sb. A sheriff's officer. BUMBLE [buum bl-buum l], sb. A bumble-bee. I bomme, as a bombyll bee dothe, or any flye.-Palsgrave. BUM-CORK [buum-kaurk], sb. A bung. We never use the word bung alone. So [buum-oal,] a bung-hole--[buum-shee uv,] bung-shave, a taper cutting tool for enlarging bung-holes-used by coopers. BUMMLE [buuml], sb. A bundle; a quantity of anything; an untidy package. [Aay zeed-n wai u guurt buum'l tùe úz baak,] I saw him with a great bundle on his back. [Dhaat-s u fuyn buuml, shoa'r nuuf!] that is a fine slovenly parcel, sure enough! BUMP [bump], v. t. To jolt; to shake. I wish we could have some springs a-put to our cart; hon I do ride in un to market, he do bump anybody jis to death. BUMPING [buum'peen], adj. Big. [Dhaat-s u buum peen luy,] that's a bumping lie. On'y zix mon's old! well then, I calls-n a gurt bumpin cheel vor his age. BUMPY [buum pee]., adj 1. Uneven: said of a rough road. Bumpy-lane; the name of a lane in Wellington. [U buum pee soa⚫urt uv u roa’ud,] an uneven sort of a road. 2. v. i. To shake; to jolt. Well he do bumpy a bit; I 'spose, Missus, we must see about some springs vor-n arter a bit. BUM-SUCKER [buum -zèok'ur]. (Com.) BUM-TOWEL [buum-taew'ul], sb. A toady; a tuft hunter. The bottle-tit. [Jaak! aay noa'us u buum-taew'ulz nas' wai zab'm agz een un,] Jack! I know a bottle-tit's nest with seven eggs in it. BUNCH [buunch], sb. 1. Spot, patch, mark. [Eed u-guut buun chez au·l oa'vur dhu fae us oa un,] he had spots or marks all over his face. 2. Bad figure; stumpy shaped; squat. [Aay zúm uur lèok'ud aul tùe u buunch,] I fancy she appeared all of a bunch. BUNCHY [buun shee], sb. Banksia (rose) (always). No doubt the clustering growth of this variety has led to the corruption. I never didn zee my bunchies so fine 's they be de year. BUNCHY [buun'shee], adj. Punchy, short, fat, stumpy. [Uur-z u buun shee leed'l dhing, uur aez,] she is a short, fat, little thing, she is. BUNGY [buung-gee], adj. Short, stumpy, squat: spoken of both man and beast. [Puur dee lee'dl au's-u lee'dl tùe buung-gee luyk,] pretty little horse-a little too squat and short. Bungy old fuller like, all ass an' pockets, 's-now. BUNT [buunt], sb. A machine for dressing flour-i. e. for separating the flour from the bran and pollard. A bolting-mill; always called bunt in this district. BUP-HORSE, BUPPO [buup-au's, buup'oa]. Said to infants. [Lèok dhae'ur-z u puur dee buup-au's,] look there is a pretty bup-horse. So the old nursery rhyme is here varied to [Ruy'd u buup-au's tu Baam buree Krau's], &c., our commonest version of "Ride a cock-horse," &c. [Kaum, Júm'ee, dhur-z u gèod bwuuy, un ee shl ruy'd dhu buupoa,] come, Jimmy, there's a good boy, and you shall ride the horse. BUR [buur], sb. The little round seed-pod of the Galium Aparine. Also the seed of the Burdock Artium Lappa, and of the Boar thistle-Carduus lanceolata. Burre that cleveth to. Gloteron.-Palsgrave. But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, BUR [buur], sb. Hunting. The ball or knob of a stag's horn just at its juncture with the skull. The horn is always shed immediately below the bur. BURD [buurd], sb. Bread (always by real peasants. In towns it is braid). [Aew-z buurd u-zúl een ?] how is bread selling? [U guurt pees u buurd-n cheez,] a great piece of bread and cheese. BURGAGE [buur'geej], sb. A part of the old borough of Wellington still so called." For toke þei on trewely · þei timbrede not so hye, Piers Plowman, P. III. 1. 77. BURGE [buur'j], sb. Bridge. (Always.) Bridge and Bridges are very common surnames in this district -always pronounced Buurj and Buurjez. Burge is also a common name, so spelt; evidently this was Bridge originally, but the spelling has been amended to suit the sound. BURIN [buur een], sb. The usual word for a funeral; a burying. [Dhai bee gwain t-oa'l dhu buur een u Zad'urdee,] they are going to have (hold) the funeral on Saturday. In be abbey of Cam⚫iburred was þis king; Robt. of Gloucester, Life of W. the Conqueror, l. 521. Ayenbite of Inwyt, p. 5. Of Archinoris burynge, and the pleyes, 1. 1512. that my wyfe and al my chyldren be atte my berynge, yn case they leue.Will of John Solas, 1418. Fifty Earliest Wills, p. 29, l. 12. See also 1. 5. BURL [buur dl, buurdlee], v. t. and i. To pick out from a piece of woollen cloth all foreign substances such as knots in weaving, or small pieces of hay or thorns which have escaped the carding process. Always done by women, who draw the cloth carefully over a sloping bench in a good light. This work is performed between the washing and the milling process. See REAR UP. "Oh! I do burdly "Well, Susan, where do you work now?" down to factory hon I be able vor to stan' to it." to Burle clothe extubare.-Cat. Ang. BURLER [buurdlur], sb. A person whose business it is to burl woollen cloth. BURLING-IRON [buur dleen-uy'ur], sb. The instrument used in burling. It is a strong pair of tweezers, having very strong and fine points. It is grasped in the right hand with the thumb loose, which rests on the cloth and serves to guide the tool. BURN [buurn], sb. A burden-i. e. a man's load; as much as a man can carry on his back. See GREEP. [Aay waz vur aaks oa ee, plai'z, wur yùe kèod spae'ur faa'dhur u buurn u stroa,] I was for (to) ask-i. e. I was sent to ask you, please, whether you could spare father a burden of straw. This message was given by a boy in my hearing. Was, when emphatic (and as here meaning "was instructed "), is very often waz with the same sound as in has. Heard again, July 13, 1886. BURN-ROPE [buur'n roap, or roo'up], sb. A small rope used for tying up a burden, or man's load, of straw, furze, faggots, &c. At one end is fastened a pointed piece of wood having a deep rounded notch by means of which the rope is drawn tight and instantly made fast, while it can with equal ease be let go when required. These are much used in bringing faggots down from steep woods-carrying straw for cattle, &c. BURRÉD [buur'ud], adj. The condition of a sow; boarward. BURROW [buur'u], sb. Barrow; mound of earth; any heap of soil; mole heaps are [waunt buur-uz]. On our Hills are many ancient tumuli, all of which are called buuruz, as Elworthy Burrow, Huish Champflower Burrow, Wiveliscombe Burrow, Symmons Burrow, and many more; some of these are spelt Barrow and others Borough, on the Ordnance maps, but they are all pronounced the same. See BERRY, WANT. Lay on at Dercombe Common: up over Fildon Bridge to Five Burrows. Records, North Dev. Staghounds, p. 76. on to the Porlock road to White Stones, and turned off to the left for Black Burrow.-Ib. p. 78. BURSTLE [buur sl], v. t. and i.; sb. Bristle (always). Urchet, I wants a wax-end-mind you puts a good burstle in un. Didn th' old dog burstle up his busk then, hon he zeed your "Watch"? I thort there was gwain to be murder way em. Our Jim's a quiet fuller let'n alone: but he'll zoon burstly up nif anybody d'affurnt'n. Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte, and thereon stode a tuft of heres, Chaucer, Prologue, 1. 555. (The Mellere.) BURT [búrt, very short-almost brt], v. To dent, to bruise; as of a pewter-pot. [Leok ee zee! neef dhee as-n u-droa'd daewn dhu taung z un u-búrt een dhu tai'paut,] look! if thou hast not thrown down the tongs and dinted in the teapot. Compare gurt for great and grit; also crids for curds, and drit for dirt. Hal. has Brit. and so þei sillen in manere pe spiritual lif of cristis apostilis and disciplis for a litel drit and wombe ioie. Wyclif (Works, E.E. T. S.), p. 166. See also Ib. p. 182. BUSHEL [bèo'shl], v. t. measure. BUSHELY [bèo'shlee], v. i. To yield so as to quickly fill the bushel measure. See PECK. The wheat don't half bushely de year, same's I've a knowed it avore now. BUSHMENT [bèo'shmunt], sở. A thicket, a bushy place. [Twaud-n noa vuur'dur oa'f-n dhik dhae'ur bèo shmunt,] it was no further off than that thicket. (Very com.) See BRUSHET. Busshement, embuche.-Palsgrave. wan y ros of my bedde, y leuede jou on a búchyment (wrongly glossed ambush). Sir Ferumbras, l. 797. BUSK [buusk], sb. 1. The hair growing along dogs' backs, which when in a pugnacious mood they cause to stand straight up. It is very common to talk of a dog [wai uz buusk au'l un een,] with his busk all on end. From this arises the frequent description of a man being made angry-[Puut úz buusk au'p,] put his busk up, precisely equivalent to the American "his dander was riz." Hence to busk is to irritate, to stroke the wrong way -i. e. to cause the busk to rise. ripping-up, or round-shaving wone tether, stivering or grizzling, tucking or busking.-Ex. Scolding, 1. 312. 2. The front stiffener of a woman's stays. |