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- Babble, to prate foolishly - babel, the tower of confusion - bauble, for children and fooles - batcheler, one never married - batchelour of arts, at Oxford, &c. - bacon, swines flesh dryed - beacon, on the top of a hill - beckon, with the hand - badge, a mark or coat of armes - batch, so many loaves baked together - baififfe, or serjeant - bayliffe of a hundred - bayleafe, like laurel - baiz, to line coates with - bayes, of a Tree so called - baal, an idol of the heathen - bald, without any hair - ball, [illegible] play with at tennis, &c. - bawl, to howl and make a noise - balm, an hearb for a wound - band, for the neck - band, of soldiers - band, of a faggot - bond, an obligation for money - barbara, a womans name - barbary, a place in affrica - barbarous, cruel and inhumane - barberries, such as they pickle - bark, of a tree - barke, of a dog - barque, a small ship - berk-shire, near windsor - base, unworthiness - bas-viol, an instrument - bast, on a silver-lace, &c. - bare, naked, and plain - bear, a four footed beast - beer, strong and small, &c. - bier, to carry a corps on - belie, to speak falsly - belly, a part of the body - bellows, to blow a fire - beray, a defilement - bewray, to discover - berry, as juniper, elder, and coffee, &c. - bury, a dead corpse - beseech, to entreat or desire - besiege, to bes[illegible]t a city or town - been, as where have you been - bin, to keep salt or bread in - begin, to enter upon business - biggin, for children to wear - boar, a swine - bore, to pierce a hole - body, a substance - bodies, of a gown - bandy, obscene and filthy - boll, to wash hands in - bowl, to drink in, or bowl with - billett, for a soldier - billot, for the fire - bitter, not sweet - bittern, a fowle - better, very good - blach, to make black - bleach, to make white - blanch, to pull off the rind - bough, of a tree - bow, to make obeysance - bow, to shoot arrows - boy, a lad - boyse, a name - br[illegible]ad, corn to eat - bred, reared up, or brought up - brann, of wheat - brand, a fire stick - brain, or skull - brawn, of a wild boar - breaches, divisions - breeches, as men wear - brewis, of the fatt of the Pot - bruise, a sore place - bruite, a rumour - brute, beastly and rude - buy, to purchase with money - by, this, or by and by - bolt, of door - boult, meal, as bakers - burgess, in parliament - borrage, a herb so called
