“He’s gitten bow’t an’ _barrow-back’t_, an’ wizzent sair o’ t’ feàce.”—Heard at Ullock. Batt, S and C, “At ya _batt_ he fell’t me flat, ’Od dye! he’ll be a darter.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Baul’, S, bold, fierce. “The first fuff o’ a fat haggis is aye the _baul’est_.”—Proverb. Beàdless, C. This adjective is used to signify intolerable in suffering, and also impatient of pain—thus “He says t’ pain’s _beàdless_, but than he’s a _beàdless_ body.” Said to a Doctor. Beck, C, a rivulet. “Change is leetsome, if it’s no’but oot o’ bed intil t’ _beck_.” Proverb. Beel, C, to bellow like a bull. “Summet tha caw’t roworgins began a _beelin’_ like a hundred mad bulls, an’ as many lal lads i’ ther sarks began a screamin’ murder, I think, for ivery _beel_ was like thunner.” _Ritson._ The Borrowdale Letter. Begonk, Old S and C, a disappointment, “a sell.” “Now Cromwell’s gane to Nick; an’ ane ca’d Monk Has played the Rumple a richt slee _begunk_.” _Ramsay._ The Gentle Shepherd. Begood, S, began. “The baronne he _begood_ to bob, No longer colde he stande.” _Hogg._ Lyttil Pynkie. Beild, S and C, shelter. “Better a wee buss than nae _beild_.”—Proverb. _Burns’_ Motto. “Weal _beealt_ frae t’ fell wind by some heeh crags.” _Rev. T Clarke._ T’ Reysh-bearin’. Bein, S, snug, comfortable. “Were your _bein_ rooms as thinly stocked as mine, Less ye wad lose, and less wad ye repine.” _Ramsay._ The Gentle Shepherd. Belyve, S and C, by and bye. “_Belyve_, the elder bairns come drapping in.” _Burns._ Cotter’s Saturday Night. Ben, S, the inner part of a house. “It’s ill bringing but what’s no _ben_.”—Proverb. Bent, S, a coarse hard grass; applied also to the sterile land where bent grows. “Gin ye’ll consent to scour the _bent_ Wi’ me, a rantin’ Hielandman.” _Hamilton._ Song. Billie, S, brother. “Be of gude cheir, now, Archie lad! Be of gude cheir, now, dear _billie_.” Ballad—Archie o’ Ca’field. Bink, S, a bench for sitting upon. “For faut o’ wise fouk feuls sit on _binks_.”—Proverb. Birl, S, to drink in conviviality; also to spend money in drinking.