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BIRRE, sb. the noise made by the displacement of air or rapid motion, impetus. H. It is applied to a run before a jump.
 * 'Into ship with a byr therefor will I hy.'—Towneley Mysteries, 29.

BIRTLE-FIELD, in Ecclesall, anno 1807.
 * 'A birtylle tre; malomellus.'—Cath. Angl. A sort of sweet apple. The surname Birtles occurs in the district.

BISHOP, v. to burn milk in boiling. H.
 * It is said that the bishop has put his foot in it.

BITIN'-ON, sb. a snack or lunch.

BITT, a small field in Bradfield.
 * 'A piece called the Bitt lying in Townefield and containing 14 2/5 perches.'
 * Harrison.

BITTER-SWEET, sb. a green round apple which never becomes red, and which has a bitter taste. It is of small size. These apples grew in an orchard at Cold-Aston. The tree was prolific, but nobody cared to eat the apples.
 * Mer. Thy wit is a very bitter-sweeting ' ,
 * It is a most sharp sauce.
 * Romeo and Jul. t ii. 4.

BLACK ACRE.
 * ' Black acre furlong in parke field. ' —Harrison. See WHITE ACRE.

BLACKA DYKE, at Dore.
 * In the same village are ' Blacka hill ' and ' Blacka Plantation. ' O. M.
 * O. Icel. blakkr, black.

BLACKAMOOR, a place near Cold-Aston.

BLACK BURNE.
 * 'The river of Black burne.'—Harrison.

' BLACKBURNE BROOKE. '
 * Ibid. He mentions ' Black Dike ' in Bradfield.

BLACK CAR LUMB, near Holmesfield. O. M.
 * Black Car Wood, near Rotherham.

BLACK-CLOCK, sb. a blackbeetle, or cockroach.

BLACK EDGE.
 * ' Black edge in Darnall. ' —Harrison.

BLACK HILL, near Wickersley. O. M.

BLACK KNOWL, in Bradfield. See BEACON ROD.
 * ' Beaton Rod, or Black Knowl. ' —Eastwood's Ecclesfield, p. 300.
 * Beaton appears to be a mistake for Beacon.