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 ALHONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 19 IB beaten along with a stiok. The boy in driving the hoop is said to htUly it. Bnll-yed, a bullrhead; a tadpole; the fish called the 'Millei^s Thumb.' BnUyrag, a bullying fellow. This is no doubt the same as hullyrock fsee Halliwell), and so found in Shakespere {Merry W%ve$y I. iii. 2) as hullyrook, BnUyrag, used also as a yerb, to bully. Bulsh (pronounced boolsh), to dent, bruise, &c. * Thall hulsk that pignn if tha' knocks it age&n f floor.* If an apple, &c. is indented by Being thrown against anything it is said to be hidshed, Bumroyd, most likely BoUomroyd^ the name of a field lying between Castle Hill and Newsome. Bun, bound, in the sense of obliged : so fun is found ; and vmn^ wound. Bun, a bobbin for thread, &c. Bunch. Six hanks make a hunch in cotton and worsted, and four in woollen. See Hank. Bundle ^pronounced hundil). See Letter I, 3 (3). ' Doncin' a hmdil ' IS a teim used to express the frog's hornpipe, as danced by Mr. Bailey, junior. Bnr, a vegetable product found sometimes in wool, having stuck originally to the sheep's fleece. Bur, vb. To bur a cart Ib to put a stone under a wheel to rest the horse ; to bwr a gate is to fasten it back with a stone, &o. Bnrl, to pick small pieces of hair, wool, fibre, &c. from the cloth. Bnrler, one who ' burls.' Bnrnflre, the word most commonly and resolutely used to express the bonfire of Nov. 5th, Burr, a burrow. Burwall, a wall made for the purpose of holding up a road, &c. Busk, to drive out, or cause to come, as may be said of a bird : ' Au've husked her off on her nest,' Busk, to bustle about ; to hasten. Occurs in a somewhat similar sense in Bobin Hood, Fytte L ver. 65 : Again in the baUad Waly, Wahfy ver. 2 : ' wherefore should I busk my heid ? Or wherefore should I kame my hair ? ' where it has the original sense of * prepare,' ' get ready,' or * dress.' c 2
 * '* Hastely I wyll me buske^^* sayd the knight,
 * < Over the salt^ see I " '