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Rh for “de ” or hailin-: reel fixed on the gunwale, over which the fishing-line is hauled in.   bunke,, roller in a loom.

bunks [bo‘ŋks] and bonks [bɔ‘ŋks (bå‘ŋks)],, a heap of clothes, on an overclad person: shø [‘she’] had a b. o’ claes [‘clothes’] upon her (: bɔ‘ŋks); in a b., of clothes: worn untidily (, : bo‘ŋks). of pile; heap); bunki,, of the cargo packed in a ship.
 * bunk-; bunke,  bunke (a

bunks [bo‘ŋks] and bonks [bɔ‘ŋks (bå‘ŋks)],, 1) to heap clothes on oneself; he him [‘himself’] op [‘up’] wi’ claes [‘clothes’], he wrapped himself up ; op wi’ claes, untidily, heavily dressed . 2) to walk clumsily, he guid [‘went’] by ; to come in, to tramp in roughly . For  1, see , ; with 2 bangsa,, to move clumsily.

bunkset [bo‘ŋksət] and bungset [bo‘ŋsət],, a) short; stout; awkward; too heavily (and carelessly). with the suffix -i (“-y”) instead of -: , ; a b. [bɔ‘ŋksi] lady . See ,
 * , ; b) dressed

bunksi [bo‘ŋksi], bonksi [bɔ‘ŋksi (bå‘ŋksi)], bungsi [bo‘ŋsi],, 1) a) a short, stout person; : ; b) a person too heavily (and carelessly) dressed. 2) skua (gull), lestris catarrhactes; (,  = lestris parasitica. ).  of lumpy. See $n$,, and , and
 * bunk- in sense of lump, something

bunsi [bo‘nsi], bunsin (bounsin) [bo‘nsɩn, bɔunsɩn], bunsom (bonsom) [bo‘nsom, -sȯm, bɔ‘nsom],, stout; thick-set.. , .  bonsig,, large; round (from “bons”,, something round); bons, , a corpulent, thick-set fellow. bunsig, , coarsely built,, differs in sense from the adjective.

bur [būr],, porch, now only in the “-door”, porch-door, outer-door.  búr, , a bower; store-room; bour(e), a chamber.

burd,, see.

burek [būrək],, sea-term (tabu-name) for a cow; ; [bulɩŋ] , *buringr (“the bellowing one”);  bura,, to bellow.

burl, burrel [borəl] and borl, borrel [bȯrəl],, to whirl; move quickly. burla,, to whirl; bluster. A parallel form , [bərəl] is birl,  — , , — For another, , and, see ,.

burliband,, see.

burlin [borlɩn]-tree,, a piece of wood used as a shuttle, weaver’s shuttle. Must doubtless be referred to, ,

burra,, see.

bursten, burstin [bo‘rstən, bo‘rstɩn], , corn dried over the fire in a pot and not in a kiln. Also in the form [bȯ‘rstən]. In Orkney “burston”, to Jam., denotes a dish of half-ground corn, roasted by being rolled between hot stones, and afterwards mixed with sour milk. Origin uncertain.

burt [bo‘rt],, tabu-name (sea-term) for fire. See, ,

burt [bo‘rt],, to kindle: a) to quicken a fire, the fire on the hearth, to poke the fire, to b. op [‘up’] de fire, to b. i’ de fire; also sometimes in a contrary sense “to b.  de fire”, let the fire go out; b) to snuff the wick in an open train-oil lamp, to get a train-oil lamp to give a better light by pulling up the wick with a wooden