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GLOSSARY.
Beoj'vpt
cont.
stood, as that the -wort will induce an
unsettled swarm of bees to i-econcile
themselves to an offered hive ;
hence it
•was reasonably called beewort : and so
Dioskorides, of Acorum says, that the
roots are not in smell unpleasant ;
rfj
6a/xfj ovK a-nSels. In MS. V. the root
chiefly is drawn, and the figure corresponds
minutely with the description in
Dioskorides, that they,for he uses a plural,
are not straight grown, but oblique and
superficial, divided by knots ;
ovk els eieh
iretpvKvias aAAa irKaytas Kol e'l tVnroArjs,
ySvacri SieiArj^.ueVas. That he adds
viroXevKov^, whitish, while the English
drawing has a strong red, may be set
down to the artistic tastes of the painter.
The di-awing in MS. A. is very similar.
Somners Gl. p. 63 a, line 59, translates
apiago by beowyrt. In MS. Bodley,
130, veneria is drawn as acorum, with a
large creeping root, and glossed "lemre"
for the English name. Dorsten calls the
roots of acorus " rubicundas," as coloured
in MS. v., and on this ground
several glossaries make acorus = madder.
The x^po^ of the mai'gin of Dioskorides
is another form of acoros, and'AcppoSicrlas
has the same sense as veneria. MS. G.
figures a crow foot, with gl.
"honefus."
2. Acanthe. Hb. cliv. figured as sldlaria
hulostea.
Besengian, to singe. Lb. I. li. See Sengian.
Besoreadan, to empurple. Lb. I. xlvii. 1
from baso, jjurple, and read, red.
Byben, gen. -e, fern., a bucket: used in
Lb. I. xxxii. 2, with a perforated stool,
and thus evidently the modern bidet.
Binj-pypc, fem., gen. in -e, a rush, a iuncus
or carex or butomus umbellatus, as in
German.
Bypisbepge, fem., gen. -an, -ean, a mulberry.
Lb. II. XXX. 2. Moros, mulberry
trees, Ps. Ixxvii. 52, is translated by
typ'S and by mapbeamaf. Spelm.
Bepij;bpenc, diamoron, Gl. in Lye, a
drink made from mulberries with honey.
Bypla, masc, gen. -an, the barrel, in the
horse keepers sense ; Lb. I. Ixxxviii. 3,
from the context and the modern word.
As, however, there is but this known
example, it may be perineum, like bcere,
in Molbech. Cf. " Burlings, the tails
" and other parts, which are taken from
" lambs when sheared. Burl, to take such
" wool from lambs as is dirtied, or liable
" to additional deterioration from their
" laxity of body." Salopia antiqua Gl.
Bi)"ceoppy]ir, fem. gen. in -e, bishopswort,
ammi mains. (Skinner, Nemnich,Florio,
Cotgrave, Lovell, Culpeper.) This is
medicinal, but foreign, and must be
taken as cultivated by our " herborists,"
as Lyte says of it. Bishops weed=ammi.
Skinner. So we read " the southern "
bishopwort. Lb. II, liv.
2. Verbena officinalis if we trust Gl.
Somn. p. 64 a, 1, with p. 66 [63] b, 32.
3. "Hibiscus" //-eernaZ/ow. Gl. Cleop.
" tanum," Gl. Arund. 42.
Gl. M.M. Vitex '^ Agnus castus," Gl.
Arund. 42, fol. 92. " Puleium mon-
Bij-ceopjiypC yeo Iscj-j-e, the lesser
bishopswort, betonica officinalis. "Beto-
" nica,"Gl. Somn.p. 64a,49 ; Gl. Arund.
42; Gl. Dun. ; Gl. Mone, p. 320 b ;
Gl.
Faust ; Hb. i. ; but Skinner says " be-
" tonica aquatica," which is scrophularia
aquatica. Bat. ; and Culpeper says,
" water betony, in Yorkshire bishops
" leaves."
Bite, gen. -ej-, masc. 1. a bite. 2. a
cancer. 1. pi. hitay, Quadr. xiii. 7; Isl.
bit, a bite, is neuter (B.H.). Biz, ohg.,
hiss in Germ., are masc. The word is
followed by heo, Quadr. xi. 7, but that
will be an error. Slire also and others
have final e. Lb. I. xliv. 1.
Blffic, gen. -ey a blotch. Lb. Contents,
I. xxxii., with article pam. "Vitiligo,
" blec," Gl. M.M. p. 154 b, 39, where
is added J^jiuj^'el, leprosy, the same as
Goth. J^rutsfill, Xfwpa. Similarly id. p.
164 b, 3, but blectb.
2. Ink, encaustum, DD. 395.