_To_ BELT, _v. a._ to gird; to flog; to scourge.
BEN, _adv._ towards the inner apartments of a house. A room
is generally called _ben_, and the kitchen _but_.
BEN-END, _s. the ben-end of a house_, the inner end of it.
BEN, BIN, _s._ a mountain.
BENE, BIEN, _adj._ wealthy; having abundance.
BENK, BINK, _s._ a bench; a seat.
BENORTH, _prep._ to the northward of.
BENSHIE, BENSHI, _s._ a fairy's wife.
BENT, _s._ a coarse grass growing on sand-hills.
BERE, BEAR, _s._ barley.
BERN, _s._ a barn.
_To_ BESEIK, _v. a._ to beseech; to entreat.
BESYNE, BYSIM, _s._ a bawd.
BESOUTH, _prep_, to the southward of.
BEST-MAN, _s._ groomsman; _best-maid_, the bridesmaid.
BETWEESH, _prep_, betwixt.
BEUCH, a branch; a bough.
BEVIE, _s._ a great fire.
_To_ BEWRY, _v. a._ to pervert, to distort.
BIB, _s._ a piece of linen used to keep the breast of a
child clean when feeding it.
BICK, _s._ a bitch; the female of the canine species.
_To_ BICKER, _v. a._ to fight with stones as
schoolboys; to run off quickly.
BICKER, BIQUOUR, _s._ a small wooden dish, made in the form
of a washing-tub, the staves being alternately black and white.
_To_ BIDE, BYDE, _v. n._ to wait for; to abide; to
endure; to suffer.
_To_ BIG, _v. a._ to build.
BIGGIN, BYGGYN, _s.
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