Bass, _to kiss_, i. 74, 181 Baste, _to beat_, xiv. 305 Bat, { _to abate, decline in courage_, x. 33; Bate, { _to flutter_, xi. 353 Bate, _to debate_, xii. 524 Batteries, xiii. 218, _note_ Battoon, _a staff_, xii. 238 Bawson, _badger_, ix. 452 Bayard, _a bay horse_; "blind as bayard," iv. 118 Bay, _by_, vi. 71 Be, _been_, i. 413 Bead, _prayer_, x. 234; viii. 393 Bead-folk, _pensioners_, i. 85 Bead-roll, _a list of persons to be prayed for_, v. 197 Bear in hand, x. 303 Beastly, _like a beast_, i. 30 Bebang, _to bang_, vii. 309 Beck, _a beckoning (with the hand)_, xi. 262, 307; _a nod_, viii. 88; _salutation_, i. 373 Bedlam, _a madman_, iii. 245; _mad_, ii. 131 Bedstaff, xi. 337; xiii, 35 Bedward, _bed-time_, xi. 333 Beetle-browed, _having overhanging brows_, ix. 404 Beforne, _before_, i. 273 Behete, _to promise_, i. 258 Behyht, _promised_, i. 248 Being, _existence_, _state_, _welfare_, xi. 454, 464 Being that, _since_, x. 262 Beknave, i. 430 Beldam, _old_, xi. 247 Belike, _perhaps_, xi. 245 Belith, _belongs_, i. 258 Belive, _quickly_, viii. 158; xii. 507 Bemonster, _to make a monster of_, x. 157 Benedicite, i. 54 Benison, _blessing_, ii. 230 Bent, _biassed_, x. 118 Benters, _coal-sacks_, iv. 77 Beray, _to dirt, mess_, iii. 197, 329 Berew, _by row_, _a-row_, i. 246 Beseem, _to suit_, xii. 505 Beshrew, _to curse_, i. 20 Beside herself, _out of her wits_, i. 66 Beslaver, _to slobber over_, ix. 121 Besnow, _cover with snow_, xii. 457 Bestial, _animal_, i. 12 Bet, _beaten_, iii. 237; _do better_, ii. 127; _better_, xii. 257 Betruss'd, _hanged_, viii. 199 Bever, _luncheon_, ix. 366 Bevy, i. 20; _a bevy_, vii. 322 Bewray, _to betray_, ii. 241; xi. 239 Beyond, _over_, i. 152 Bias, _term in game of bowls_, vii. 283 Bib, _to drink_, x. 335 Bickering, _fighting_, iii. 217 Bid, _did abide_, vii. 296 Bidden, _refrained_, ii. 218 Bidding prayer, viii. 393 Bide, _to endure_, iv. 185; _to suffer_, vi. 588; _to abide_, _stay_, i. 137 Bidene, _forthwith_, _together_, i. 268 Biggon, _see note_, xiii. 288 Bilbo, _sword_, xiii. 35 Bill, _a petition_, viii. 378 Birdbolt, _an arrow_, xi. 200 Birdsnie, _term of endearment_, xiii. 124 Bis, _fine silk_, i. 252 Bitched (ale), i. 254 Bitter, _a bittern_, i. 424 Bi wi ye, (_good_) _bye_, vii. 312 Blackguard, iii. 323 Blackjack, viii. 57; ix. 471; xi. 470 Blank, _white of a target_, ii. 35 Blather, _a bladder_, vi. 114 Ble, _complexion_, i. 251 Blea, _to bleat like a kid_, ii. 237, 239 Blest, iii. 243 Blin, _to cease_, i. 248, 424; viii. 320 Blive, _quick_, xii. 311; _to be quick_, xii. 507 Bloat, _a bloater_ (_herring_), xiii. 5 Blot, _a term used in card-playing_, vii. 276 Blot, _to defile_ iii. 202; _defame_, iv. 143