. 404

  Bable, _bauble_, vii. 359

  Backside, _backyard_, x. 341;
    xi. 233;
    _a house in the rear of another_, x. 341

  Backster, _a female baker_, i. 424

  Baconpig, v. 104

  Bade, _an abode_, iv. 307

  Badst, _invitedst_, viii. 290

  Baffle, xii. 174;
    xiv. 305

  Balance, (_pair of_) _scales_, viii. 408

  Bale (of dice), _pair_, xi. 221;
    xii. 121

  Balk, _beam of a house_, iii. 173

  Balladising, _ballad-making_, viii. 258

  Ban, _to curse_, iii. 181

  Band, _bound_, ix. 569;
    _bond_, iii. 361

  Banding, _bandied_, vii. 116

  Bandoliers, xii. 229

  Bandy, _game at tennis_, ix. 381

  Bane, _death_, v. 262

  Banket, _a banquet_, i. 44;
    ii. 82

  Bankrout, _bankrupt_, x. 361

  Bannerets, v. 213

  Bannings, _curses_, viii. 315

  Bare, _did bear_, i. 165

  Barm, _yeast_, xii. 269

  Barmuthes, _Bermudas_, xi. 137

  Barmy, _yeasty_, ix. 110

  Barnacles, _spectacles_, iv. 81

  Barren (of), _devoid_ of, vii. 288

  Barricado, _to barricade_, x. 260

  Barrow gutlings, _a pig's guts_, x. 347

  Base (at), _game of base_, viii. 400

  Baseful, _low_, ix. 176

  Bashaw, _pashaw_, v. 150

  Basilisk, _a piece of ordnance_, x. 325

  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

  Befor