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Woolen yarn. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A game at cards similar to loo. [Obs.] Wright.

See Biffin. Wright.

A spade for digging turf. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.

An abode; a cottage. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor. Steele.

To beat with a strap. See Lace. [Obs.] Wright.

Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] Wright. Bowmen bickered upon the bent. Chevy Chase.

nd round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. Wright.

ers. Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes for the bolts used by shipwrights. -- Bolt and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.

Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.

Famous; renowned; well known. Wright. [Written also brim and brimme.]

To sniggle, or fish with a brog. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

epare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively. Cartwright buckled himself to the employment. Fuller.

are skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. Wright.

One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.

the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. Wright.

A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.

To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.] Wright.