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 118 Blooth. Blossom, (Carew); Blatli, Gaelic; Blodon, Celtic Cornish ; Bhithe, German. Blowing-house. A place for melting tin. So called from a fire or blast perpetually kept by a large bellows turned by a water wheel. Blowing tin. Melting tin ore in the blowing-house. Blows er. One employed in a seine boat, in the pilchard fishery. Blubber. A large jelly-fish. Sting-blubber. Blue-poll. A kind of salmon. c. Board-em. An old fashioned round game of cards. The players may be from two to eight persons. M.A.C. Bob. The great beam of a mine pumping engine. Bobbery. A fuss, a row, an uproar. Bobble. A pebble. C. A ground swell of the sea. M.A.C. Bobble. To bob up and down. Boilin, ov Boailin. The whole boilin, i.e., the whole lot of them. The whole '' crew." Bock. See Bawk. Boist, or Busthious. See Boostis. Bolt. A stone-built drain. M.A.C. Bon-crab. The female of the edible crab. Platy- cardmis pagurus. c.