BISSOME, BYSSYM, s. an unworthy female.

BIT, s. a vulgar term used for food.
  He takes the bit and the buffit wi’t,
  he takes the food and the blow along with it.

BITTILL, BEETLE, s. a wooden mallet for beating clothes.

To BLABBER, v. n. to babble; to speak indistinctly.

BLACKAVICED, a. dark-complexioned.

BLACK-COCK, s. the black grouse.

BLACK-FISHING, s. fishing for salmon by torch light.

BLACK-FOOT, s. a person who makes matches, or goes between a lover and his mistress.

BLAD, s. a large piece of anything.

BLADE, s. the leaf of a tree.

BLADOCH, BLEDOCH, s. buttermilk.

BLAE, BLA, adj. livid; used when the skin is discoloured with a blow, or when chilled with cold.

BLAEBERRY, s. the bilberry.

BLAIDRY, s. nonsense; folly; silly talk.

BLAIN, s. a mark or blemish left by a wound.

BLAIT, adj. bashful; sheepish.

BLAIT-MOUIT, adj. sheepish; ashamed to open one’s mouth, or speak. _ Ye’r no blait_, you are very forward or impudent—­used metaphorically.

BLAITIE-BUM, s. a stupid, simple fellow.

BLASH, s. a heavy fall of rain.

BLASHY, adj. deluging, sweeping away, as in a flood; thin, poor, as applied to broth or soup.

To BLAST, v. n. to smoke. To take a blast, to take a smoke.

BLATE, BLAIT, adj. bashful.

To BLATHER, v. n. to talk nonsense; to talk ridiculously.

BLATTER, s, a rattling noise, such as that made by a heavy shower of rain or hail.

To BLAW, v. to blow.

BLEAR, s. to obscure the sight.

BLEARD, s. dull of sight; having inflamed eyes.

BLEEZE, v. n. milk is said to be bleezed when it has become a little sour.

BLEIB, s. a pustule, a blister.

The BLEIBS, s. pl. the chicken-pox.

To BLENK, BLINK, v. n. to open the eyes as after slumber; to throw a glance of regard.

BLENK, BLINK, s. a gleam of light.

BLENT, s. a glance as in the quick motions of the eye.

To BLETHER, v. n. to stammer, or speak indistinctly, or nonsensically.

BLIN, adj. blind.

BLINK.  See BLENK.

To BLIRT, v. n. to burst out a-crying or weeping.

BLOB, BLAB, s. 1. anything circular and turned; 2. a blister.

BLOBBIT, part. pa. bloated; blurred; blotched.

BLUBBER, s. a bubble of air.

To BLUBBER, v. a. to cry, to weep.

BLUE-GOWN, s. a pensioner.  Formerly all pensioners received a blue gown on the king’s birthday.