BEBBYBECK, sb. a bird which frequents the bottoms of streams; the water ousel.
- My informant, a farmer at Dore, tells me that it is a rare bird. The word is found at Dore. 'Bebybeke, auis.'—Cath. Angl. Mr. Herrtage states that he was unable to identify this bird, or to find any example of its occurrence. It occurs as Beck-bibby in Lancashire. See Nodal and Milner's Lancashire Glossary.
BECALL, v. to abuse, to scold.
- 'To becalle,' prouocare.—Cath. Angl.
BECK, sb. a small stream.
- A brook which divides the parish of Norton from Eckington is called the Hare-beck.
BEDDING CLOSE, a field in Ecclesfield containing ten acres. Harrison.
BED-FAST, adj. confined to bed with sickness.
BEDGREAVE WOOD, near Beighton. O. M.
BEDSTOCKS, sb. pl. a bedstead.
BEEAK, sb. a constable.
BEEAS, sb. pl beasts.
- 'T' beeas has got into t' corn.'
BEE-BY, sb. a word used by mothers and nurses to very young children, and meaning 'sleep' or 'rest.'
- 'Now go to bee-by'
BEE IN HIS BONNET. A man whose mind is not quite sound, or who is eccentric, is said to have a bee in his bonnet.
BEELDING, sb. a building.
- The Prompt. Parv. has 'beeldynge.'
BEESOM, sb. a woman of loose habits. The word is also applied to a cow which kicks.
- There is a saying 'as drunk as a beesom.'
BEET. Near Beet and Far Beet occur amongst the field-names of Ecclesall in 1807.
- O. Icel. beit, pasturage. Beet occurs as a surname in the district.
BEETON GREEN. A place in Stannington. Harrison.
- O. Icel. beit, pasturage, and tún, a farmstead. See BEET and BEIGHTON GREEN.
BEHINT, adv. and prep. behind.
