Page:Glossary of words in use in Cornwall.djvu/98

EAST CORNWALL QLOSSART. 77 Bankrout, bankrupt. In the first folio edition of Shakspere, 1623, the form bankrout is generally used. See Mer, of Venice, III. i. 47 ; IV. i. 122. In Lov^s L<ibour Lost, I. i. 27, the form is ^* bankerout." Marston in Antonio^a BevengCy 11. ii. has— Bioh hope : think not thy face a bankraut thougL Bannely the broom (Cytisus scoparius). From the Comish hancU, Williams (Lexicon Comu Brit.) says, '* this is a late form. In the Comish Yocabulary it is written banathd, genista. It enters into the name of many places in Oomwall, as Bant^, Banathlek, Bennathlick, Bennalack." Me gives instances from cognate dialects. Barm, yeast There is in some parts a trill on the r, as harrum, Baasom, Bassomy, blush red, with inclination to purple, as in con- gestion of the cutaneous circulation. Bean, a withy band. Beat, burnt turf. Beat-bTirrows, a heap of burnt turves. In Carew's time, as now, fiEumers a little before ploughing time scatter abroad their heat^ boroughs** {Survey of Cornwall^ ed. 1769, p. 20). Becker, a species of bream, Sparus pagrus, Bedman, sexton. A word going out of use. Bee-bnt» bee-hive. Belk, V, to belch. Till I might belk revenge. ICabston, Antonio* b Revenge, L L Ibid, I. iii. Belong. A curious e mpl oyment of this word is observed here, e. g. " I belong working to Whcwd Jane." Bdye, to bellow. Bettermoft, much the best. Beyer, to shiver. Biddicks, a mattock : perhaps from beat, burnt earth, and aoce, Bilder, the herb Heradeum sphondylium. In some parts called cowflop. The bUder in many districts is that hurtful herb the hem- locK water-drop wort, (Enanihe crocata. Bishop, the fish, Coitus acorpius. Black-head, a boil or furuncle. Blacky-month, November. The mis diu of the old Comish. Black- worm, the cock-roach. Blame, a word of objurgation. " I'm blamed if I don't." Blinch, to catch a glimpse of. E. g, '^ I just blinched en gam round the caimder." Blindbnck-a-Dayy, the game of blind-man's bufT.