Book of Clothes. See Buck (Monthly Mag., 1814).
Boon Days. Certain days during winter on which farmers on the Savernake estate were formerly bound to haul timber for their landlord.
*Boreshore. A hurdle-stake (S.).—S.W.
'This is a kind of hurdle stake which can be used in soft ground without an iron pitching bar being required to bore the hole first for it. Hence it is called bore-shore by shepherds.'—Letter from Mr. Slow.
*Borky. (Baulky?) Slightly intoxicated.—S.W.
*Borsy. See *Bawsy.
Bossell. Chrysanthemum segetum, L., Corn Marigold (D.). Bozzell (Flowering Plants of Wilts).—N. & S.W.
Bossy, Bossy-calf. A young calf, whether male or female.—N.W.
Bottle. The wooden keg, holding a gallon or two, used for beer in harvest-time (Wild Life, ch. vii).—N. & S.W.
Bottle-tit. Parus caudatus, L., the Long-tailed Titmouse.—N.W.