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Apple oil (not in). 1895, Bloxam, ' Chem.,' p. 623
(eighth edition), " Amyl valerate, or apple oil."
Aurantia (not in). 1899, ' Orthochromatic Phot.' (ed. Tennant), p. 281, "Aurantia is an orange- yellow coal-tar dye much used in dyeing leathers."
Auxochrome (not in). Bloxam, ut supra, p. 662, "An acid auxochrome will yield an acid dyestuff."
Avidity (^affinity of acids for bases). Bloxam, ut supra, p. 285, "If the avidity of nitric acid be taken as 1, that of sulphuric acid is 0'5."
Bacillicide(notin). 1894, Lancet,^ Nov., p. 1022, "Sunshine and pure air are the best bacillicides." Alsoattrib., p. 1021.
Back, v. (techn. sense, not in). 1892, W. K. Burton, 'Mod. Phot.' (tenth ed.), p. 106, "In the case of an attempt being made to photograph a very trying object, such as the interior mentioned, it is well to back the plate ; that is, to paint or otherwise cover it at the back with some substance that will absorb light."
Backage (not in). 1894, Du Maurier, * Trilby,' in Harper's Mag., June, p. 68.
Bacteriophobia (not in). 1894, Lancet, 3 Nov., p. 1072, " our readers will accuse me of bacterio- phobia."
Baisoned(notin). 1894, S. R.Crockett, ' Raiders,'
p.
ba
270, " I ken the breed [of horses] by the bonny
isoned face o' him."
Bald-pate, the American wigeon (Mareca ameri-
cana, Gmn.). 1889, H. Saunders, 'Man. Brit.
Birds, 3 p. 428.
Balliage.-$QQ 'Bailage' in 'N.E.D.' Barker, the avocet (Recurvirostra avoceta, L.). Saunders, ut supra, p. 546.
Barkometer (not in). 1853, Morfit, 'Arts of Tan- ning,' &c., p. 318, "Burbidge regulates the strength of the extract [of oak-bark] by a hydrometer especially adapted to the purpose, which he calls a barkometer*; ibid., p. 329, "That [hydrometer] referred to above has been styled by its maker [W. Pike, of New York] a barkometer, because it is specially adapted to testing the strength of bark lyes."
Basiliskislily (not in). 1844, Hewlett, 'Parsons and Widows,' xxxiii., "Jonathan, looking at me basiliskishly."
Bask (later).-1894, S. R. Crockett, 'Raiders,' p. 24, " It was a bask day in early spring."
Bathmism (not in). 1887, E. D. Cope, ' Origin of Fittest,' in Wallace, 'Darwinism,' p. 421, "A special developmental force termed ' bathmism,' or growth force.
Bawn is explained in a note to Swift's 'Grand Question Debated,' 1729 (ed. 1778, ii. 220), as a cattle fold.
Bearding (earlier). 1711, Sutherland, ' Ship builder's Assistant,' p. 53, " Placing one limb on the bearding"; ibid., p. 52, "This is termed bearding the channel-wales. '
Becket (earlier). Sutherland, ut supra, p. 145 "Beckets upon the cap, as big as the lifts.
Beckhorn (=Bickern). 1893, Spon, 'Mechanic's Own Book,' p. 193, "Beckhorn and swivel-join attachment."
Beddy (not in). 1829, Glover, ' Hist. Derby, i. 88, "The freestones ...... often called building
stone, or ashler (in distinction from beddy stone flags or paviers, and slate or tile stones)."
Bee (earlier). 1848, G. Biddlecombe, 'Art o: Rigging,' p. 81, " Fore topmast stays set up througl the bees of the bowsprit, through which the stays
Bdlanl (not in, cf. Bellon). 1829, Glover,
Hist. Derby,' p. 68, " The fourth [kind of lead ore]
which is caught by a very slow stream of water,
and is as fine as flour, is termed belland ; it is
nferior to all the others, on account of the admix-
ure of foreign particles.
Bellite (not in). Bloxam, ut supra, p. 322, "The xplosive Bellite consists of 5 parts of ammonium titrate and 1 part of di-nitro-benzene."
Belting (not in, cf . Belt, sb. 3). See ' Birling ' below
Bench, v. 1891, Times, 28 October, p. 11, col. 5*.
- Almost every breed of spaniel is benched."
Bend (not in, cf. Bend, 6). 1711, Sutherland, Shipbuilder s Assistant,' p. 158, " Bend of Moulds, >r a whole Suit ; one 9f every sort. Bend of Riders, me of a sort of each side."
Bend (earlier). 1711, Sutherland, ut supra, p. 131, ' Cable- bends."
Bemilling (not in, cf. Bensel). 1891, Crockett, Raiders,' p. 74, " The bensilling wind off the Baltic ands."
Bermy (cf. Berm). 1890, Century Mag., Novem- ber, p. 125, "Finally the pleasant bermy banks gave out entirely " (' In a Canyon ').
Severing Moth, (not in, Acherontia atropos .?). L791, Trans. Soc. Arts, ix. 115, " To keep out the levering moth, which you may often see, at the
atter end of August standing at the mouth of
the hive, bevering their wings as if just flying in among the bees."
Biddy (later). 1894, Crockett, ' Raiders,' p. 368, ' The place was bieldy."
Bifurcature (not in). 1819, G. Samouelle, ' Ento- mologist's Compendium,' p. 159, " Bifurcature of the sternum lanceolate."
Bike. Slang for bicycle.
Bindles (not in). 1890, F. Anstey Guthrie, ' The
Pariah,' p. 192, " Bindles, my dear fellow ! Sheer
bindles.
Biograph (not in). 1898, Brit. Journ. Photog. Aim., p. 655, "The exhibition of animated photo- graphs on a larger scale than usual, by the biograph, the invention of an American, Mr. Casler."
Birling (not in). 1829, Glover, 'Hist. Derby,' i. 213, " The long tails of the male sheep are separately sheared ; and the wool, which is called birling or belting, is sold for carpet-making."
Bisontine (not in). 1890, R. C. Auld in American Natiiralist, September, p. 790, " Compare the animal in his natural bisontine condition with the flesh- less results among the bovines under the same conditions."
Black Curlew (not in). 1889, H. Saunders, ' Man. Brit. Birds,' p. 379, "The glossy ibis (Pleaadis
falcinellus, L.) was known to gunners and nsher-
men as the ' black curlew.' "
Black Fly (not in). 1892, Sutton, 'Cult. Veget. Flow.' (fifth edition), p. 380, "The Blue and the Black Fly are common plagues of the peach-house and the orchard " (Aphis).
Blaff, sb. (not in). 1894, Crockett, 'Raiders,' p. 23, " Many the time also that I have fallen with an unco blaff (serious downfall) because I have neglected to heed his warnings."
Bla/, v. (cf. Blaff, v.). Crockett, ul sup., p. 70, " They [pistols] '11 be gaun blaflin' aft* when there 's mair need to be as quiet as an ashleaf."
Blastie (rare). Crockett. ut sup., p. 70, " Yae word, ye crawlin' blastie, an' I '11 let the life oot o' ye."
Blateroon (obs. t Survives in America). 1890 1 Roland Wood (P. Cushing), 'Dr. Cwsar Crowl, Mind-Curer,' ii. 200.
