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 116 Biddix. A double digging tool, one end pointed, the other flattened. Bilders. HeracUum sphondilium. Cut as fodder for pigs. Couch (Hist, of PolperroJ thinks that this name, in other parts of Cornwall, is applied to the poisonous hemlock, water-drop-wort. JEnanthe, BilliS; Billez, Billees. Bellows; {belous, Chaucer.) Bishop. The fish Coitus scorpius. c. Biscan. A finger glove of leather, used by the harvest women, particularly in support of a wounded finger. Folwhele. This is a Celtic Cornish word, and is also written besgan and vesJcin. (Bis, a finger, and Bisgan, a thimble. Pryce.) See Veskin. Biskey, BiskeyS. Biscuit, biscuits. Bits. Scraps of beef, liver, &c., sold by the lump as ^' bits " for a '' false roast," or a fry. This name is also given to a green tender herb resembling spinach and used for pies, or, as "greens." Bitter- weed. An unruly, mischievous person; " She's a bitter weed." Blaadj Vlaad^ or Plaad. See Blawed. Blackhead. A boil. Fumnculus. Black-jack. Sulphuret of Zinc. Blende. Black-strap. Cin and treacle; Bad wine for poor and lowly guests. J.w.