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14 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Bruflt, V. to burst. Bucht oot ! V. get out ! Buok-lioiue, sh. " To be sold or let^ a good bucJc-hoiise, about 80 feet long, with a well- watered bleaching green." — ^Adyt Belf(ut News- letter, 1738. Bnokie, eh. a moUusk, Buccinum undatum, Badde-borriet, sh, the scarlet berries of the wild rose. Budde-breer, ah, a wild rose bush. Budded^ v. bent or twisted : applied to a saw. * There, that saw's all buckled ; take her to the saw doctor/ t. e. a man who repairs saws. Buddagh, ah, the large lake trout, Salmo ferox. The word is said to mean a big, fat fellow ; a middle-sized cod-fish. Buddy, ah, an individual. Budge, v, to move. ' He's that ill he can't hvdge his feet or his legs.' Buffer, ah, a boxer. ' An old buffer,^ a tough old fellow. Bug, ah, a caterpillar infesting fruit trees. Bulk, V, to play marbles. Bulkey, ah, a constable. Bull, ah, a large marble. Bully-rag, v, to scold in a bullying and noisy way. Bully-raggin', ah, a great scolding. Bum-bee, ah. a bee. Bumbee wark, ah, nonsense. Bummer, ah. a boy's toy, made with a piece of twine and a small circular disc, usuietlly of tin ; it makes a humming noise. Bumming, v, boasting ; talking big. Bun, ah, the tail of a hare. Bun, Bunny, call to a rabbit. Bunce, (1) ah. a consideration in the way of commission given to persons who bring together buyer and seller at a flax market. Per- haps a corruption of hcnua, (2) V. to divide money. * Bunce the money.' Bundle, ah, what a child sits on. Bnnker, ah. a low bank at a road side, a road-side channel. Bunny, ah. a rabbit. Bunt, V, to run away, as a rabbit does. Bum, ah. a small river.