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 8 HAMPSHIRE OliOSSART. Bird-fraying [bnr'd-frai'inl part, driving birds from seed or com. — N. H. Sird's-eyes [bar*dz-eiz], ah, pi flowers of the varions species of MyoaotU and Veroniea, See Bobin's-eyes. — ^Wise. Biflhops-weed [bisb'upz-weedl, th. Mentha aqiiatica; from which Forest^ p. 166. See Hnmwater. Bits. See fieeit Bit and crumb [bit un kram], CTery, phrase. They say 'he is a good dog, every bit and crwnh of him ; ' «'. e. entirely.— jY. and Q. Ist Ber. X. 400. BittOTHiweet [bitiiT-sweet], eh. a kind of apple ; perhaps the bUter- tweeting of Shakesp. Bi>m, and Jul, ii. 4. — ^Wise. Bittish [bit-ish], ady, i^ther; as, 'a bUtish cold/ 'a bittUh wet' — P.M. Bittle [bitl], sb. a beetle (i e. the insect). A.S. bUel. *Ak. Blackberry-snmmer [blak-bar'i-sum'ur], $b. Fine weather experi- enced at the end of September and the beginning of October, when blackberries are ripe. — ^Wright* Blaok-bob [blak-bob], 8b. the cockroach {blatta orierdalis), — Bamea Black-heart [blak-haart], th, the bilberry ; vaccinium myrtillis, ' So called by a singular corruption, the original word being hariberry, the Old English heorot-berie [from heorot, a hart, a stag], to which the qualifying acyective has been added. To go *' hearting " is a yery common phrase. See Proceedings of t?ie FhiT, T —Wise, Pew Foreet, p. 280. Black Heath [blak-heth], «& Erica cinerea. — J. B. Black Jack [blak-jak], ah, the caterpillar of the tomip-fly (athalta epinarum), — ^Barnes. Black Merry [blak-mer'il, ab. a black fruited var. of Prunua Avium. Dr. Bromfield's MSS.— J. B. Black Strap [blak-strap],#&. Polygonum avicuiare. Dr. Bromfield's Blacktail [blaki^ail], ah, the fieldfare. ' Large numbers frequent the New Forest, where it is known as the Wa<*to»7.*— Wise, New Forest^ p. 312. Bladder Fbladiir], ab. a blister, boil, pustule. See Fira-bladder in Wise's I^ew For, OIob. Also a bum, sodd, pimple. — ^Wise, New Forest. See Bunch; Chill-bladder. Blare [blair], v, to bleat, cry. Ex. *D'rat the wold thing Uaring so.'— -J. Blatch [blach], adj. black, sooty. ♦Ak. Blather [bladh-ur], ab. a bladder. . •Ak,
 * hum ' is made. Galled also oishop-wort [biahnip-wurt]. — ^Wiae, New