A Dictionary of Sussex Dialect (438)

A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect. 23
I went down to Jones', where we drank one bowl of punch
and two muggs of and two muggs of bumboo, bumboo, and 1I came home again
again in
Iiquor. Oh
liquor. Oh t with ! with what hOITors horrors docs does it fill fil! my heart to think
1I should be guilty of
guilty of doing so, and
doing so, and on a Sunday
Sunday too 1 ! Let
me once more endeavour, endeavour, never, never, no never, Dever, to be he guilty
guilty of
the same again." again."
BUNCH, m. A swelling.
"Itcame "
It came out in bunches all over me."
BUNGER, m. To do anything awkwardly.
BUNNY, w. A wooden or brick drain laid under a road or gateway
to carry off carry off the \Valer; water; aise also called a cocker.
BUNT, e. To rock a cradle with the foot ; to push or butt.
A bunt is described to me as a push push with a knock in it, it,
or a knock with a push push in it.
"1'11 "
I'll give give you you a middlin' middlhr bunt prensley prensley if you you d6hnt ddant keep keep
still."
BUNTER, m. An old-fashioned machine for cleaning corn.
BURGH, m. [Burg, Ang. Sax.] A rising ground a hillock. The
;
term is frequently applied to the barrows or tumuli on the
Downs.
BURNISH,*?. To grow fat. The expression, "You burnish nicely,"
meaning, "You look well," is frequently used in East stil!."
BUNTER, m. An old-fashioned machine for cleaning corn.
BURGH, m. rBurg,Ang. Sax.] A rising ground; a hillock. The
term is frequently applied to the barrows or tnmnli on the
Downs.
BUIl.NISH, t. To grow fat. The expression, "You burnish nicely,"
meaning, "You look weil," is frequently used in East Sussex,
and is meant as a compliment.
and is meant as a compliment.
" No I wunt butter ; my wig if I will !
BY-THE-BYE, e. By chance.
A Dklionary of"U SUSSlX Dial«t.
made the following entry
following entry in his diary:_HI7S6, April
diary: "1756, April 28th. :8th.
·1 went down to Jones', where we drank one bowl of punch
BUNCH, m. A s'l'elling.
BUNGEIl., m. To do anything awkwardly.
BUNNY, w. A '1'ooden orbrick drain laid under a road or gateway
BUNT, t. To rock a cradle \Vith the foot; to push or butt.
BunEIt-:UV'WlG, BUTTER-MY-WIG, m. A shong strong asseveration.
"
"No 1 lVunt; butter my wig if 1 will t"
BV-THE-nvE, t. By chance.
"He come come along one one day by-the-bye, or else cise he hasn't
been a-nigh me for the the last ten ten years." yean."
BYTHEN. By the time that.
"Bythen you've come back 'twill be coager-time."
"Bythen you've come back 'twill be coager-time."
BvsTB, m. A couch made up of two chairs for a child to sleep
BYSTE, m. A couch made up of two chairs for a child to sleep
upon in the upon in the day-time.
BYSTE, m. To lie down in the day-time.
BYSTE, m. To lie down in the day-time.
"I was quite took to (ashamed) to think you should have
come in the other day and found me bysted, but I was quite
entirely eat up with the "1 was quite took to (ashamed) to thint. you should have
come in the other day and found me bysted, but 1 was qnite
rheumatics, and couldn't get about
entirely eat up with the rheumatics, and conldn't get about
no hows."
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