I followed, and, having "bitched" (that is, taken a dish of tea) arranged my books and boxes.—Alma Mater, Vol. I. p. 30.
I dined, wined, or bitched with a Medallist or Senior Wrangler. —Ibid., Vol. II. p. 218.
A young man, who performs with great dexterity the honors of the tea-table, is, if complimented at all, said to be "an excellent bitch."—Gradus ad Cantab., p. 18.
BLACK BOOK. In the English universities, a gloomy volume containing a register of high crimes and misdemeanors.
At the University of Göttingen, the expulsion of students is recorded on a blackboard.—Gradus ad Cantab.
Sirrah, I'll have you put in the black book, rusticated, expelled.—Miller's Humors of Oxford, Act II. Sc. I.
All had reason to fear that their names were down in the proctor's black book.—Collegian's Guide, p. 277.
So irksome and borish did I ever find this early rising, spite of the health it promised, that I was constantly in the black book of the dean.—Alma Mater, Vol. I. p. 32.
BLACK-HOOD HOUSE. See SENATE.
BLACK RIDING. At the College of South Carolina, it has until within a few years been customary for the students, disguised and painted black, to ride across the college-yard at midnight, on horseback, with vociferations and the sound of horns. Black riding is recognized by the laws of the College as a very high offence, punishable with expulsion.