Burl. (1) 'To burl potatoes,' to rub off the grown-out shoots in spring.—N.W. (2) The original meaning was to finish off cloth or felt by removing knots, rough places, loose threads, and other irregularities of surface, and it is still so used in S. Wilts (S.).
Burn. 'To burn a pig,' to singe the hair off the dead carcase.—N. & S.W.
*Burn-bake (or -beak). (1) To reclaim new land by paring and burning the surface before cultivation (Agric. of Wilts, ch. xii). See Bake. (2) To improve old arable land by treating it in a similar way (Ibid. ch. xii). Burn-beke (Aubrey's Nat. Hist. Wilts, p. 103. Ed. Brit., where the practice is said to have been introduced into S. Wilts by Mr. Bishop of Merton, about 1639). (3) n. Land so reclaimed. See Bake.—S.W.
Burrow. See Bur'.
Burry. See Bur'.
'Buseful. Foul-mouthed, abusive.—N.W.
Bush. (1) n. A heavy hurdle or gate, with its bars interlaced with brushwood and thorns, which is drawn over pastures in spring, and acts like a light harrow (Amateur Poacher, ch. iv).—N.W. (2) v. To bush-harrow a pasture.—N.W.
Butchers' Guinea-pigs. Woodlice. See Guinea-pigs.—S.W.
Butter-and-Eggs. (1) Narcissus incomparabilis, Curt., Primrose Peerless.—N. & S.W. (2) Linaria vulgaris, Mill., Yellow Toadflax (Great Estate, ch. v).—N. & S.W.
Buttercup. At Huish applied only to Ranunculus Ficaria, L., Lesser Celandine, all other varieties of Crowfoot being 'Crazies' there.