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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 15 Bum-shin-da-eye, sh. a torin for a woman who is fond of crouching oyer the fire. , sh. a bird ; the red-throated diver. Bnrroe, sb. a kind of sea wrack ; the tangle, Laminaria digitata. A tall, shapeless person is called in derision a hurroe, * When I was sixteen I grew up as tall as a big hurroey said by a woman ^m Glenarm, Co. of Antrim. Burrongh dnok, sh, the shell drake. Bnrsted chnm. When the sun sets before the grain is all cut, on the last day of reaping on a farm, there is said to be a bursted chum. Biuhes, sh. pi. masses of sea-weed (tangles), growing on sunken rocksy and exposed at low water. Bask, V. to dress, or deck oneself. " Gkte husk yeirseP an come awa* An' dinna sit here dringin'." — Huddlsston. Bnakin boot, sh. a man's low boot ; to tie. Butcher, sh. the parten or shore crab, Carcinus mcenas* Batter goes mad twice in the year, a saying. In summer it runs away, and in winter it is too hard, and dear as well. Battery fingers, sh. a term for a person who lets things slip from his hands. Battin' at, v. hinting at. Bay. ' He cud huy ye at the yin en* o' the toon, an* sell ye at the ithir,' said to a person who is supposed to have a small supply of sense. By-ohap, sh. an illegitimate male child. Bye-word, sh. a saying. *' It was about this time that Paddy Loughran seen a ghost that had come to frighten him, but he only sayd, *Te*re late,' an' with that the bye-word riz, *Te're late, as Paddy Loughran sayd t' the ghost.' " — Ollminick. By Gommany, a petty oath, or exclamation. By Ctoneys, or By Oolly, an oath. By Jaiminie King, an oath. Byre, sh. a cow-house. Cackle, sh. a concealed laugh. Cadda, Caddow, sh. a quilt or coverlet ; a cloak or cover ; a small cloth which lies on a horse's back underneath the ' straddle.' Cadge, V. to carry about an3rthing for sale.