Broom. 'I bain't a-gwain to hang out the broom,' I intend to be very particular as to character, &c., before engaging any servants or labourers.—N.W. (Wedhampton.) In Berks, 'to hang th' brum out o' winder,' means that the wife is away, and so the husband is at liberty to entertain any bachelor friends of his who like to drop in.
Buck. Add:—At Deverill 'Bookin'' is used instead, a 'good bookin' o' clothes' being a large wash.—S.W.
Buck-hearted. Of cabbages, the same as Crow-hearted.—S.W. (Deverill.)
*Budget. The leather pouch in which a mower carries his whetstone.—S.W. (Deverill.)
*Bunt-lark. The Common Bunting.—S.W. (Deverill.)
Buttercup. Add:—N.W. (Huish); S.W. (Charlton.)
*Butter-flower. Caltha palustris, L., Marsh Marigold.
'The watered meadows all along from Marleborough to Hungerford, Ramesbury, and Littlecot, at the later end of April, are yellow with butter flowers.'—Aubrey's Nat. Hist. Wilts, p. 51, ed. Brit.
Buzzel-hearted. A cabbage or broccoli plant that has lost its eye is said to be 'buzzel-hearted.' Compare Crow-hearted.—S.W.