Brushes. Dipsacus sylvestris, L., Wild Teasel. See Clothes-brush.—N. & S.W.
Bubby-head. Cottus gobio, the Bullhead.—N. & S.W.
Buck. A 'buck,' or 'book,' of clothes, a large wash—N.W.
Bucking. A quantity of clothes to be washed (A.).—N.W.
*Buddle. To suffocate in mud. 'There! if he haven't a bin an' amwoast buddled hisel' in thuck there ditch!' Also used in Som.—N.W. (Malmesbury.)
Budgy. Out of temper, sulky. A softened form of buggy, self-important, churlish, from the Old English and provincial budge, grave, solemn, &c. See Folk-Etymology, p. 42 (Smythe-Palmer).—N.W. Cp. Milton,
'Those budge doctors of the stoic fur.'—Comus.
Bullpoll, Bullpull. Aira caespitosa, L., the rough tufts of tussocky grass which grow in damp places in the fields, and have to be cut up with a heavy hoe (Great Estate, ch. ii; Gamekeeper at Home, ch. viii).—N.W.
Bull Stag. A bull which, having been superannuated as regards breeding purposes, is castrated and put to work, being stronger than an ordinary bullock. Cf. Boar Stag.—N.W., now almost obsolete.