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buckelt, buckle, buckled, bucklet, bucklins, bukilt, bukkil,
buckle [bʌkl]
n. A buckle.
v. To buckle, dress, to wrap up, fasten up. Get married. Ravel or tangle.
pt. pp. buckelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
buckle wi: To marry.
bucklins: The parphernalia of marriage.
bocram, bocrame, bocrum, bokram, buckram, buckrem,
buckram [ˈbʌkrəm]
n. Buckram, a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue, used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing.
bud, buddin, buddin, buds, bunds,
bud [bʌd]
n. A bud.
pl. buds
v. To bud, to break out (of the skin).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
buddin: Breaking out of buds. Debudding potatoes.
baddo, biddo, bodda, boddi, buddo, buddoo,
buddo [I.Ork. ˈbʌdo]
also I.Sh. bodda [ˈboda]
n. I. A term of endearment for a child.
budget, budgets, dudget, dudgit,
budget [ˈbʌdʒət]
n. A leather bag.
pl. budgets a tinker's bag of tools
baffie, baffy, boufit, bowfit, buff, buff_nor_sty, buff_nor_stye, buffet, buffie, buffies, buffs, bufftie, buffty, buffy, bufter,
buff [bʌf]
n. S. The puffball Bovista plumbea. MN. Silly talk, irrelevant speech.
pl. buffs The lungs.
v. To stuff furniture. To puff out the cheeks. To burst into laughter.
 
buffy [ˈbʌfɪ, ˈbafɪ]
adj. Fat, purfled, chubby.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blind man's buff: S. The puffball Bovista plumbea.
buffet [ˈ-ɪ(t)]: A sideboard or dresser for the dining room.
buff nor sty: Neither one thing nor another.
bufftie, bufter: A salted herring roasted on a brander.
buff,
buff [bʌf]
adj. A light brown or yellow colour.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
penny buff: School primer.
baff, baffet, baffit, baffle, boof, boofel, boofet, booff, boofle, bouff, bouffet, bowf, bowfet, bowff, bowffet, buff, buffer, buffertit, buffet, buffle,
buff [bʌf, bʌuf]
n. A dull blow.
v. To strike, beat, thrash a sheaf without unbinding it.
 
buffle
v. To push, shove, buffet.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
buffer: U. col. A boxer.
buffet [bʌfɪt, bʌufɪt]: A dull blow.
buffertit: Bashed about.
buffit, buffits,
buffit [ˈbʌfɪts]
n. pl. buffits The mumps.
bougil, bougill, bugle,
bugle [ˈb(j)ugl]
n. A bugle. A hunting horn.

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