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 115 Belly-tember. Glood and solid food. Belvin. Blubbering, weeping aloud ; also, howling, as, "Belvin (or howling) like Tregagle." Bender. A big thing, as, " What a bender ! " also a great lie, as, "that's a bender," i.e., that's a "thun- dering" lie. Berrin. A funeral. "How was it you wasn't to Betsey's herrin? It was a bootiful corps, one solid scab all ovver. We had a pleasant arternoon, and a fine rig in the evenin." Near Bodmin. W, Hicks. Besom. A broom; also, heath, viz., that used for making brooms. See Griglail or Grig, Beth. Be ye, or, "be'ee"; are you, or, "arre'e"; ^^//i in Chaucer also. BettermOSt. The best of anything. The upper hand, or advantage gained over another, as, "I got the bettermost of him." Betwattled. See Bedwaddled. Beverage. A weak drink, as that of the weak cider made from the apple cake of the cider press by adding water. See Pimpey. Bevering, or Bivvering. Quivering, trembling, or shaking with cold. Also the peculiar quivering of an infant's under jaw when yawning. Bezibd. " It is not allotted me." R.H. " 'Tis not bezib'd," i.e., fortuned. Carew. Bib. A small fish ; a blind. M.A.C.