BICKER—A wood pot seck as they sarra hens in, I fancy. Chap sed he’d supt a bickerful o’ soor milk.
BICKER—Nags bicker when they’re ower weel coorn’, an’ lal ’uns bicker when they want ta walk.
BIDDEN—Invited to attend a funeral. Er ye bidden?
BIDDING-ROUND—The circle fixed and prescribed by ancient custom within which it is usual to “bid” or “ass” t’ nebburs to a funeral.
BINK—A stone bench or seat by the kitchen door, on which are placed various dairy utensils to “sweeten.” [To Captain Markham, of Morland, I am indebted for a copy of an extract of an inventory “of the goods of Thomas Bland, of Sleagill, A.D. 1664—item, chaires, stooles, cushions, table with binke and trough.”] From the opinions expressed by correspondents the word would also seem to bear the meaning of “bank,” or “bed”; a raised up flower-bed under a window.
BIN, BING—A corn chest with separate divisions.
BILLY, Net a goat, ner William, but t’ gurt lang spiad ’at a drainer howks clay oot wi—his billy and his how.
BILL-HOOK—A bill-hiuk’s what they dike wi’.
BIRK—It’s t’ rod at izzant spared.
BIRD-EEN—Bonny bird-een, the fairest floor ’at iver was seen.