HAMPSHIRE OLOSSABT. 7 Bonneting time [beniting teim], when the pigeons eat the grasa- seeda — Lisle. Bennets^ [ben 'its], sh. pi, bents, bent-grass. — Wise* Spiry grass run- ning to seed. — ^Lisle. Ben't [baint], present tense. Be not. It is always used in Hamp- shire for the present of the v. to be, when negative. Ex. 'I herCt a ffwyne,' * I am not going/ * He hen't no use.' *We herCi tired.* * You hmH cold, be ye ? ' * They henH come yet.' Bent [bent], sh. This is the usual pronunciation in l^orth Hantei. See fiennets. Benin [berT*in], sb, a burying, a funeral. — J. Besom [bezmm], sh. a broom. — F. M. A birch broom. — *Ak. A broom made of heath, — N. H. Beswin*, Beswind [bes'woin, bes'weind], sK Convolvulus Major.— Wise. Bethwine [bethwein]. See Bedwine. Bettermost [bet'urmust], compar, adj, much the best. — N, and Q. let Ser. x. 401. Cooper explains it by 'superior, eminent.' — The better of two or more objects. — N. H. Betwit [be-twit*], v. to taunt, upbraid. *Ak. Bengle, Bewgle. See Bugla Bibble [bib-1], v. to tipple. ♦Ak. Bibbler [bib-lur], sb, corruption of bibber, a tippler. *Ak. Biddy [bidi], sb. a hen.— K H. A chick. — J. Bide [beid], v, n. (1) To dwell, live ; as, ' where I do bide,* i. e. where I live. 'Ak. (2) To stay, remain. •Ak. to continue. (3) To be postponed. £x. ' We can let that bide till next week.' — Big-bee [big-bee], sb. a drone. — Wise, New Forest, p. 184. Bightle [beit-1], sb. a large wooden mallet. — K H. Bill [bU], sb, a bill-hook. •Ak. Bill brighters [bil-breit-urz], sb, pi, small faggots. — Adams' Wyke- hamica, p. 417. Billet [bilit], sb. a bundle. Ex. ' A billet of reeds.' Bindweed [bei'ndweed], sb. Convolvulus septum, — Holloway's Dic- tionary, — J. B. Bine [bein], sb. the hop-stalk ; so called because it binds round the pole, — Cooper. Bird-batting [bur-d-bat'inl sb. the catching of birds by night with a net known as the bat-folding net* *Ak.
