A supplement to the Provincial glossary of Francis Grose. Esq. F.S.A / [Samuel Pegge].

  • Samuel Pegge
Date:
1814
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Credit: A supplement to the Provincial glossary of Francis Grose. Esq. F.S.A / [Samuel Pegge]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B. Badger, in Derbyshire, a mealman: — | Badly, sick: Sadly-badly, very ill. North. Band, a string of any kind. North. Band-kitt, a kind of great can with a cover ; called in Yorkshire a Bow-kite. Banksman, one who superintends ‘the business at the coal-pit. Derb.: Bargh, a horseway up a hill; dtl ted to Bar, in Derbyshire. Baslow-bar, Beely-bar, &c. Barnacles, spectacles. Borrowed from the instru- ment by which a horse’s nose is held when he will not stand still to be shoed, &c. Barring-out. The breaking-up of a school at the great holidays, when the boys within bar the door against the master. North. Barson, a horse’s collar. York. » on Barth, a warm place or pasture for calves and lambs. South. Hence, perhaps, the sea-term, a Berth. Barton, a yard of a house, or wueRahe Sussex. In Cornwall it implies the demesne-lands lying close to the house: of the lord of the manor, or soil, Carew’s Cornwall, p. 36. ge a hassock to kneel upon at church. North. ih AQ Batch
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