Biver. To tremble, quiver, shiver as with a cold or fright (S.). Cp. A.S. bifian, to tremble.—N. & S.W.
'Bless m' zoul, if I dwon't think our maester's got the ager! How a hackers an bivers, to be zhure!'—Wilts Tales, p. 55.
Bivery. adj. Shivery, tremulous. When a baby is just on the verge of crying, its lip quivers and is 'bivery.'—N.W.
Blackberry-moucher. (1) A truant from school in the blackberry season (H.). See Berry-moucher, Mouch, &c.—N.W. (Huish, &c.)
'A blackberry moucher, an egregious truant.'—Dean Milles' MS., p. 180.
(2) Hence, the fruit of Rubus fruticosus, L., Blackberry. See Berry-moucher, Moochers, &c.—N.W. (Huish, &c.)
*Blackberry-token. Rubus caesius, L., Dewberry (English Plant Names).
Black-Bess. See Black-Bob.
Black-Bob. A cockroach (S.). Black-Bess on Berks border.—S.W.
Black-boys. (1) Flower-heads of Plantain.—N.W. (Huish.) (2) Typha latifolia, L., Great Reedmace.—N.W. (Lyneham.)