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HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. /O Bip [rip], sb. (I) A coop. (2) A wortoless fdlow. — F. M. Wlien applied to a female a lew^ unchaste person. Bip, V. a. to pat into a coop. Ex. * To rip a hen ; ' to put a hen into a coop. — ^N. H. Bip, V, a. to saw with the grain of wood. Ex. ' We'll just rip un down.' — ^N. H. Bip-hook [rip'uok], sb, a sickle ; a reaping-hook. — K H. Bise [reis], sb. brushwood or coppice-wood ; as, * a bundle of rise,* — Cooper. Common in Old Enghsh. See White-rice. Bise [reiz], v. to begin to ascend. Ex. ' You must turn-off afore yoa rwethehilL'— N. H. Bishes [rLsh'ez], sb. pi. various species of Jvneus. — HoUoway's Die- iianary. — J. B. Old pronunciation of rushes. Bobin's-eyea [robinz-eiz], sb. pi. the flowers of the milkwort {Poly- galum viUgare). Applied also to others, as those of the forget-me-not. — W. Bock [rok], V. to reek, steam, smoke. — ^W. See Beke. Bockiers [rok*yurz], sb. a small blue dove. 'Among them [the wood-pigeons] were little parties of small blue doves, which he calls rockiers* — ^White's Nat. Hist, of Selbome, Letter xliy. Bockled [rok'uld], adj. wrinkled. — Cooper. Cooper writes tcrocJcled, C£ ruck and ruckle in HaL Beke [roak], sb. steam from boiling-water. See Book. Beke, v. (used rather loosely) in the senses — (1) To smoke. (2) To steam, as a dunfflull in frosty weather ; or as hot water. (3) To drizzle, as small, misty rain. — W. Bather as warm rain which evaporates in mist. Cf. Germ. Sauchf smoke. — W. H. C. Boker [roa'kur], sb. a stick or other instrument used for stirring any- thing. So also V. ' to roke.' Beky [roa'ki], adj. misty, steamy. See rooky, in Macbeth, iii. 2. — ^W. Beng, sb. the step of a ladder. *Ak. See Bung, as it is always pronounced in North Hants. — ^W. H. C. Bonge [ronj], t;. to kick or play ; said of horses. — ^Wise, New Forest. Boopy [roo'pi], adj. hoarse. Ex. ' I be that roopy I can't zing.' — J. Bon^h-miudc [ruf-meu*zik], sb. a serenade with pots, kettles, or any- thmg else that makes a hideous noise, given to married folks who are reputed to quarrel, or ill-treat one anouier ; or to those who otherwise disgrace themselves.— N. K. Bonghings [ruf-ingz], sb.pH. winter dried grass. — J. See Bewer and Bowings. Bound-frock [round-frok], sb. a gaberdine, or upper garment, worn by the rustics. — Cooper. A smock-frock. — ^Wise.