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6 HAMPSHIRE GL06SABY. Bayin [bavin], sh. a bundle of tbe lop of a tree. See Barnes. Ex. I Not a faggot, only a bavin* — ^Wise. But the word faggot is unknown in North Hants; all bundles of lop or underwood being called bavins, — ^W. H. 0. Bay [bai], ab. (!) A division of a bam. — ^Wise. (2) A bason (rare). — ^Wise. Bead-bind [beed-beindj, sb, the black bryony {Tamus ntger), — Wise. See Bedwine. Bed-ftine [bed-fuz], 8b, Ulex nanus, — J. B. Bed-steddle [bed-stedl], ib, a bed-stead. — J. Bedwine [bed*wein], sb. Clematis VUalba, and Polygonum Con- volvulua, — Dr. Bromfield's MS8. — J. B. Qusere, Bedwind f Beechmast [beechmaa*8t],«2). the fruit of Fagus sylvatica, — Holloway's Dictionary, — J. B. ; Com. Bee-hake, Bee-hackle [bee haik, bee hak*!], «5. a cap of straw placed over a * bee-pot' to protect it from wet. — Wise, New Foreit^ p. 184. Bee-pot [bee-pot], sb, a bee-hive. — Wise, New Forest, p. 184. Beest [beeni'st], v, 2nd p. s. present, (thou) art. — N. H. 'Ak. gives the pronunciation Bist, Beeswaxen [bee'zwak-zurz], sb, pi, thicklaced boots. — Winck. Sck. Ql, Beet [beet], v, to replenish fire with fuel. A.S. b^tan^ to make better, improve, restore. * When joined with /yr (fireV* observes Mr. Bosworth, ' it signifies to mend or repair a fire.' *Ak. In the New Forest pronoim^ bait, — Wise. See Bait. BeeTers [bee'vurz], sb. pi, a portion of bread and allowance of beer laid out in (Winchester School) hall at Beever-time, a. v. ; from the Fr. boire [Old Fr. bdvre, beivre], — Winch. Sch. 01, Ooviously from the Italian * bevere,' whence our * beverage.' — Adams* Wykehamica, p. 417. BeeTer-time [bee*vur teim], sh. a quarter of an hour's relaxation allowed to the (Winchester) boys in the middle of afternoon school in siunmer, to give them an opportunity of disposing of beevers, q. v. "Winch, Sch. GU Behither [be-hidhnir], adv, and prep, on this side ; on this side of. — Cooper, Be how 't will [bee hou twil], phrase. Let the consequence be what it may. — J. Bell Heath [bel-heth], sb. Erica Tetraltx,—J. B. Bellis, Billis [bel-uz, bil-uz], sb. pi bellows. — J. BeUock [bel'ukl, v. to cry out or roar when beaten or frightened ; a corruption of iellow. *Ak, Ex. * To bellock Hke a bull.'— Wise. Bellocking [belnking], sb. the bellowing or lowing of a cow. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 186.