Basilisk, a fabulous serpent supposed to kill by its look, a cockatrice; I. 215. Cf. ‘Would they were basilisks to strike thee dead.’—Richard III., III. ii. 151.
Bedeem, forbode, ‘doom me to’; III. iii. 31; not quoted by Dr. Murray.
Bedesman, one who says prayers for another, ‘humble servant’; III. vi. 120.
Berayed, befouled; IV. iii. 58. Cf. ‘Was ever man so rayed.’—Shrew, IV. i. 3.
Bewrayed, betrayed; III. ii. 27.
Blab, talk; I. 135. Used both as a noun and a verb.
Block, obstacle; I. 137.
Bodkin, a tailor’s awl; I. 313.
Bolstered, matted with blood; III. i. 73. Cf. ‘Blood-bolstered Banquo.’—Macbeth, IV. i. 123.
Botcher, a jobbing tailor; I. 25, 316. Cf. Huloet, ‘A tailor, bodger, botcher, mender or patcher of old garments.’