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72 HAMPSHIBE GLOSSABT. Back-up [lak-up], v. to feed the hoises and leave tliem for the iiiglit» — Cooper. Baeket [rak-it], sb. a bustlmg noise. — J. Com, Baokety [rakiti], acy, unsteady, extravagant ; as a spendthrift. — N. H. Baeony [rak'uni], adj. haish, "wiry. Applied to doth. — J, Baff [raf], 8b» a low, worthless fellow, — J. Baftering, [raaf -taring], sb. ' raftering the land is a sort of rest- baulk ploughing, on account of the number of flint-stones rendering it too cUfficult to breast-plough.'— Driver's Gefi, View of AgricuUurt in HafiU (London, 1794), p. 68.— W. W. S. Bafty [raafti], adj. (1) Rancid; musty, eia^rafty bacon.' ♦Ak, 72a/fy oacon is rusty bacon. (2) Being of a cross-grained temper. — J. Bag [rag], v. a. to rail at. Ex. ' Measter gied me a ragging.' — J. Bagged-jaoks [ragid-jaks], sb. pi small shrimps (sea-coast).— Wisa Bagged Bobin, sb. Lychnis Flos-cuculi. — J. B. Bags and jags [ragz un jagz], sb. pi, shreds of cloth, &c So in the nursery verses : —

  • Hark, hark, the dogs do bark.

The beggars are coming to town ; Some in rag$y and some mjag$, And some in tattered gowns. —F. M. Another version — velvet gowns. — W. W. S. Bain [rain], v. to peel bark. — ^Wise, New Forest, Bainer [rai'nurl, sb. one who peels bark. New Forest. 'The rainere, as the bark-peelers were called, were then busy,' The Cousins^ by J. Wise. — J. B. Probably a different pronunciation of rinder. See ^ .— W.H.O. Barnard [ram*urd], adv. to the right Put for ramwardj a corruption of framward or fromward. So toard, for toward, means to the left, f. «. to you. — Wise, New Forest. Bammel cheese [ram*l cheez], sb. the best kind of cheese ; as dis- tinguished from omary cheese, q. v. — Wise, New Forest. Bammuoky [rammki], af^. dissolute, wanton, ' A rammticky man ' is a depraved character — ^Wise, New Forest. Bampage [rampaij], v. n. to prance about furiously; to make a dis- tun)ance ; to be violent. Ex. ' He went rampaging about,' — N. H. Bampagious [rampai'jus], acff. riotous, noisy. — F. M. JUunpant [ram-punt], adj. extremely painful ; agonizing. Ex. * My poor head be so rampant.'— N, H.