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 113 Barm or Burm. Yeast. It is hurm in Celtic Cornish, and herme in Chaucer. Shakspere in the Midsummer NighVs Dream. Barragon, or Barracan. Fustian, h.r.c. Barrow. A sepulchral mound. Barwell, or Barvil. A fisherman's leathern apron. W.P. by W.N. In Celtic Cornish, barvas, means a cod-fish. Basting. A beating or thrashing. "Thee'lt git a putty basting." Baston (Spanish) a stick. Basting. A kind of light or loose sewing, or stitching. "In the swete seson that lefe is, With a thred hasting my slevis." Chaucer^s Romaunt of the Rose, Bawk. A shy, as of a horse; clumsiness, as "he made a bawk (muddle) of it"; a jeer, as "he made a bawk at me"; hindrance, objection, as "he's sure to make a bawk about it." Bazzom. Blue, purple. Bazzomy. Bluish, purplish. Mostly used of the skin, face, and especially the lips. Beagle^ or Bagle. A troublesome person. "Beagle it"! or " Ad beagle it " ! i.e., "bother it." m.a.c. Beam or Bine. A band, a binder, as of a rope of straw, hay, &c. Bean. A withy band. G.
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