Bachleris, bachelors; a name given to novices in arms or arts, 1689. See _bacheler_ in R. Banaris, banners, 770. { Bartes, 2897. Bartiis, 3041. } _See_ Bertes. Barnag, baronage, nobility, 2492. See _barniez_ in R. Batell, a battalion, division of an army, 784, 808, etc. Be, by. A.S. _be_. Behest, promise, 2766. A.S. _behæs_. Behufis, behoves, 579. A.S. _behófan_, often used impersonally. { Behuß, Behwß, } it behoves, it is necessary (to do), 944, 2342; apparently contracted from _behufis_. Beleif, _in phr._ ore belief = beyond belief, 112. Bent, a grassy plain (properly a coarse grass; in German, _binse_), 2670. J. Bertes, a parapet, a tower, 1007, 1118, 2815. R. _bretesche_, from Low Latin _brestachia_. Betak til, to confer upon, 1724. A.S. _be-tǽcan_, in the sense, to assign. Betakyne, betoken, 2014. A.S. _be-tǽcan_, in the sense, to shew. Bewis, boughs, 338. A.S. _boh_. Billis, letters, 142. Fr. _billet_. Blindis, blindness (?), 1903. Borde, to meet in a hostile manner, encounter, 809. We find in R. _border_, to joust, fight with lances. Compare Fr. _aborder_, and Spenser’s use of _bord_. See _horde_ in Burguy. Bot, (1) but; (2) without. In general, _without_ is expressed by _but_, and the conjunction by _bot_; but this distinction is occasionally violated. Bown, ready, prepared, 1036. O.N. _búinn_, past part. of _búa_, to prepare. Su.-G. _boa_, to prepare. J. Bretis, fortifications, forts, 874; “properly wooden towers or castles: _Bretachiæ_, castella lignea, quibus castra et oppida muniebantur, Gallis _Bretesque_. Du Cange.” Jamieson. See _Bertes_. Bukis, books, 434, 1862. Burdis, boards, i.e. tables, 2198. A.S. _bórd_, which means--1. a plank; 2. a table, etc. Bur, bore, 733, 778. But, without; common in the phrase _but were_, without doubt. But if, unless, except, 958. { Byhecht, Byhicht, } promised, 1485, 2791. A.S. _be-hǽtan_. Byknow, notorious for, known to be guilty of, 1627. Compare “I _know_ nothing _by_ myself” (1 Cor. iv. 4). Compare also Dan. _bekiende_, to make known. By, near at hand, 1535, 2916.