BLOODY ALLEY.—The favourite marble taw (pronounced tawl) used by boys. Its name arises from the streaks of red in it.
BLOODY WARRIOR.—A wall-flower of rich dark red colour.
BLOWZY.—Bloated and red-faced.
BLUBBER.—To cry; almost in general use.
BLUR.—A blot causing indistinctness to anything beneath it.
BLURT OUT.—To speak out a thing unexpectedly and inopportunely.
BOB—A quick downward motion.
BOBBERY.—A fuss; a disturbance.
BOBBISH.—Cheery and well in health.
BOB-CHERRY.—The game of taking the end of a cherry stalk between the teeth, and, holding the head perfectly level, trying to get the cherry into the mouth without using the hands or moving the head.
BODY HOSS, or BODY HERSE.— The horse of a team next in front of the "thriller."
BOGGLE.—To hesitate about agreeing to anything.
Also opening and shutting the eyes, as if troubled by a strong light, but this signification may appear common.
BOGY. — A sort of ghost.
BOLT.—To rush away quickly. "To belt a rabbit" is to drive it quickly from the warren into the open. Any noise outside a warren stops rabbits from "bolting."
BOOARD.—To foretell.