Beetle. (1) The heavy double-handed wooden mallet used in driving in posts, wedges, &c. Bittle (A.H.). Bwytle (S.). Also Bwoitle.—N. & S.W.
'On another [occasion] (2nd July, 25 Hen. VIII) ... William Seyman was surety ... for the re-delivery of the tools, "cuncta instrumenta videlicet Beetyll, Ax, Matock, and Showlys."'—Stray Notes from the Marlborough Court Books, Wilts Arch. Mag. xix. 78.
(2) The small mallet with which thatchers drive home their 'spars.'—S.W.
*Beggar-weed. Cuscuta Trifolii, Bab., Dodder; from its destructiveness to clover, &c. (English Plant Names).
Bellock. (1) To cry like a beaten or frightened child (A.B.).—N.W., rarely. (2) To complain, to grumble (Dark, ch. x.).—N.W.
*Belly vengeance. Very small and bad beer.—N.W.
'Beer of the very smallest description, real "belly vengeance."'—Wilts Tales, p. 40.
Cf.:—
'I thought you wouldn't appreciate the widow's tap.... Regular whistle-belly vengeance, and no mistake!'—Tom Brown at Oxford, xl.
Belt. To trim away the dirty wool from a sheep's hind-quarters.—N.W.