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HAMPSHIRE OLOSSABT. 13 2nd edL p. 183. A footnote says : — * The chink or narrow rift in the cliff>line> called in the Isle of Wight a chiney is known in the New Forest as a bunny,* Bnnt [bunt], v. a, to sift meaL — J. Bnr [bur], sb, the sweetbread of a calf or lamb. *Ak. Bnmbeat, or Bambate [burn*beet, burn*bait], v, to cut up the turf and bum it in hillocks on the land. — ^Lisle. Bush [buosh], sh, a thorn. Ex, Tve got a hush in my finger.' BoBtle-headed [bus-l-heded], adj, badly-grown or stunted trees are so called. — ^Wise, New Forest^ p. 183. As are the oak-trees whose tops are rounded and shorn by the Channel winda See Buzzly. Butt [but], sb. a small paddock. Ex. ' The church butty Shanklin. -^J. Ko doubt from being the field where archery was practised, at butta— W. H. 0. Buttercups [but'ur-kups], sb, pi. Ranunculus' bulbosus (and no doubt also JH, acris and B, repens), HoUoway's Dictionary, — J. B. Com. Butter-fingered [but-ur-fing-ur'd], adj. apt to let things slip through the fingera — Pegge's Add. to Grose ; F. M. Com. Butter-teeth [but-ur-teeth], sb. pi. broad and yellow teetL — F. M. Buttry [but'ri], sb, a dairy. — Wise. Butty-lark rbut-i-laak], sb, the meadow pipit; Anthus pratensis, Bechst * The hutty-tark^ L a companion-bird, of the New Forest ; so called because it is often seen pursuing the cuckoo, which the peasant takes to be a sign of attachment, not of anger.* — Wise, New Forest^ p. 308. Buzzly [buzii], adj, used of a tree, without a leading shoot, and whose branches are thick and stunted. — ^N. EL By now [bei nou], adv. just now, immediately. — Wise. Caddie [kadi], sb, a dispute, noise, confusion. *Ak. Also, con- fusion, litter, mesa Ex. ' Wliat a caddie ' = what a mesa — ^Wisa Caddie, v, a. to tease ; as, ' don't caddie me.' *Ak. Also said of slow peopla Ex. ' How you da caddie ! * — ^Wise. Caddling [kadiin], adj. troublesome, annoying. *Ak. In the New Forest it means — not agreeing. — Wise. Cadge [kadj], v, to beg. — N. H. Cadger [kadj-ur], sh, a beggar. — N. H. Caffin, Cavin [kaf 'in, kavin], sb, the long-tailed titmouse ; parus caudatus, Linn. ' l^own throughout the New Forest as the long- tailed caffin or cavin, — Wise, New Forest ^ p. 308. Call [kaul], sb, necessity, occasion. ' Ex. ' You'd no caXl to do it.'