Baulk. Hiccough.
Bealto. To squeal, or bawl, used of a child screaming.
Beastlings. The first milk drawn from a cow after calving, which is specially rich.
Beck. A brook. Reed’s beck, Odd’s beck.
Bested. Beaten. “He will best you,” i.e. get the better of you.
Bevering-time. Luncheon time. Compare “Beverage.”
Blowns. Exclamation of surprise. Compare “Zounds,” (supposed to be a contraction of “God’s wounds.”) Blowns probably a contraction of “blood and wounds,” i.e. of Christ.
Boon, to. To repair the roads. The road surveyor was called the boon master.
Bran in the face. Freckles.
Brat. A child. Term of contempt, “Take that tiresome brat away.”