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WEST CORNWALL QLOSSABT. l>efore it a " orum " from their dinner, or bit of grease from their candle, for good luck," Bottrell. Bnlkt V, to toss on the horns of a cow. Bnlk, V. to cnie pilchards, by placing alternate Letyers of salt and mk ; also a pile of pilchards about a yard in breadth and five feet in height : with the heads turned outward. Bulk-headed fool, always running his head against a wall. H. R 0. BnllieSy round, smooth pebbles ; boulders. Bnllocky many a swaggering fellow. BnUnm, the fruit of the bullace tree. Bun-bread, phrase to 'express a seyere thrashing. *^ I'd beat him to bun-^bread.*' Longrock, T. 0. Bnnken, Bumpkin, a piece of iron projecting from the bow of a boat, to which the jib is faat- ened. W. Noye. Bnnker-headed fools. Gwinear, T. C. Bunting, part, sifting flour. Bum, twenty-one hakes (probably a burden) ; a pile of furze kept in country houses for fuel; a rick of hay. Bnrranet, die shelldiake. Burrow, a barrow or tumulus. Bnsh, two hoops fixed on a short pole, passing through each other at right angles. They are covered with white calico, and used as signals by a person standing on a mil to show where pilchards lie in a bay. Bush, V. Instead of thrashing com with a flail, when straw was wanted for thatching, women were employed to beat out the com into a barrel with the head out; the ears of com were struck against the cask. Bnsh the fire, phr. to put on more furze: only used where there are open chimneys and no grates. Busk, a thin slip of wood or whalebone, about an inch and a-half broad by fourteen long; formerly worn by all, now only by old women, in front of tiieir stays. Busker, an undaunted, persever- ing fisherman in stormy weather, in contradistinction to in-and- outer* B. P. , through ^W, Noye. Bnssa, a large earthenware pot or jar. Bnssa-calf^ a calf kept on the cow till it weans itsell Pol- whele. Bnssa -head, an empty-headed person. Bnssy milk, the first nulk after calving. Bustious, adj. over-fat; burden- some to oneself. Busy, requires; wants. "It es busy all my time looking arter the childem." " It es buey all my money to keep house." But, a buttock of bee£ But, V, to sprain or put out of joint. Butted, p, p. " Tve butted my thumb. Bnt-gap, a hedge of pitched turf. Polwhele. Bntt, a heavy, two-wheeled cart, with timber and yoked oxen. Butter - and - eggs, the double yellow daffodil Bnyed, v, bought. '^ 1 huyed un at the draper's.*' Buzza. "Stinking like huzzoT I B. Opie, through W. Noye. " A