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Bleachfield horn, iv. 309, 356
Blease (W. T.) on chess playing, a legend, x. 239
Blenkard, Rhenish wine, v. 402 ; vi. 16, 155
Blenkinsop (John), pioneer of steam locomotion, xi
407
Blenkinsopp (E. C. Leaton), his death, ii. 180 Blessing of the throats, v. 169, 273 ; vi. 197 ; vii.
196, 317 Bletheramskite, use of the word, x. 507 ; xi. 335, 490 ;
xii. 93, 154
Bligh (General Thomas), his biography, vii. 166 Bligh (Admiral William), his wife, iii. 427 ; his bio
graphy, iv. 33, 97, 150, 217, 253 ; xii. 501 Blight, use of the word, v. 408 ; vi. 210 Blind (K.) on the ' Marseillaise,' viii. 126, 245, 331, 407. New Testament, Greek, diction of the, viii. 333
Blind man's lantern := owl-light, xii. 511 Blistra, old Cornish name, i. 407 Blithe (Capt. Richard), his biography, x. 281 Blizzard, correct use of the word, v. 185 Blockhead applied to a woman, ix. 287 Blood as a prophylactic, vii. 509 ; used as paint, xi.
499
Blomfield (E. T.) on gulls in London parks, iii. 6 " Blood of Hailes," famous relic, iv. 375 ; v. 351, 431 ;
vi. 197
Bloody Monday, allusion in letter of 1 682, v. 377 Bloomers, quotations in ' N.E.D.,' xii. 84 Bloomfield (Robert), his epitaph, xii. 364 Blot, earliest use of the word at backgammon, iv. 476 Blotting paper, black, ii. 506, 537 ; iii. 72 ; its early
use, iii. 136, 336 Blount (Sir Josceline), his biography, iii. 288 Blount (Margaret), American author, iv. 287, 355 ;
v. 16
Blount and Eyre families, iv. 438 Blue associated with the Blessed Virgin, xi. 388, 496,
511 ; xii. 96, 177 Blue Beard, supposed original, vii. 224, 355 ; viii. 24,
149
Blue Gentian on portraits by W. Ward, ii. 389 Blue Lamp Hotel=police station, ii. 145 Blunden (Trevor Lloyd), his biography, ii. 309 Blunders. See Mistakes and Printers' errors. Blunders and bulls, iii. 366 Blythe, painter of the Dutch School, circa 1790, viii.
285
Blythe (William), his descendants, xii. 29, 92 Boadicea, its pronunciation, x. 64, 117, 253 Boadicea or Boudicca (Queen), her name, i. 94 ; x. 64, 117, 253 ; repulsed at Verulam, iv. 457 ; v. 14 ; names of her daughters, xi. 449 ; xii. 14, 357 ir or bore, fashionable slang, viii. 481 ; ix. 152, 352 Board of Agriculture, its reports, i. 386 Board of Green Cloth, Clerks of, iv. 329, 443, 486
v. 51 Board schools, Parliamentary returns relating to, xii
107, 157 Boase (C. W.), ' Registrum Collegii Exoniensis,' xi.
283, 402
Boase (F.)on John Garratt, Lord Mayor, ix. 390 Boast, its etymology, x. 444
Boats, ancient, found in the United Kingdom, viii. 366, 407, 507 ; ix. 31, 194
Bob-baw = don't touch, ii. 226, 354, 491 ; iii. 213 ;
vii. 232
Boca Chica, origin of the name, vii. 69, 154, 312 Boccaccio (Giovanni), tales reproduced by English
poets, iii. 247, 369, 435 ; iv. 313 Boddington (R. S.) on Rev. E. Ashburner, ii. 316.
Bowles (Mary), ii. 413. Browne family, vii. 430.
Butler (Sir Nicholas), of Edmonton, viii. 122.
Cheselden, Radcliffe, and Pridmore, viii. 65 ; ix.
197. Cooke (Sir Thomas), Sheriff of London,
1692-3, viii. 19. Grivegnee (Baron de) and Power,
vii. 409 ; viii. 701 ; ix. 278. Hotham (Sir Richard),
i. 448 ; ii. 176, 313. Jones and Ellington families,
viii. 423. Master family, ii. 178. Stevenson family,
iv. 499. Stonard : Vincent : Newcombe, ii. 507 ;
iv. 90. Vincent (Dean), his engraved portrait, iv.
313, 408
Boddle, Scotch coin, ii. 341, 529 Bodies, drowned, recovered, iv. 343 Bodleian Library, Heuskarian rarity in, viii. 377 ;
ix. Ill, 415 ; x. 14, 97, 191, 496 ; xi. 31 ; books
rejected, x. 384
Bodley (J. E. C.) on " The policy of pin-pricks," x. 412 Bodley (Sir Thomas), his descendants, x. 207, 277 ;
his pedigree, x. 410, 497 ; his election as M.P. for
Hythe, xi. 6 Bodmin, clergyman's duel at, in 1260, xii. 112 ;
Anglo-Saxon heraldry at, xii. 247 Bodvoc, its etymon, ii. 284 Bodysnatching, watchhouses against, x. 448 ; xi. 33,
90, 216, 313
Boer, use of the word in Scotland, v. 3, 57, 136, 191 Boer War. See Africa and African. Boers and the Bible, v. 66, 198 Boethius, his 'De Consolatione Philosophise,' ii. 462,
517 Boger (C. G.) on Kin^ Alfred, i. 301. Christian
names, ii. 74. Ellenborough (Lord), iii. 146.
Epitaph, "Too much beloved," &c., iv. 97.
Heraldry, its restoration, i. 391. Shakespeariana,
iii. 64.
Boger (Mrs. C. G.), her death, xii. 180 Boggis-Rolfe (D. H.) on Kerr family, iv. 8 Bogie, railway carriage and engine, i. 509 ; ii. 92 Bogle = bogey, xii. 430, 494
Bohemia, in the ' Winter's Tale,' viii. 341 ; Wycliffe's teaching borne to, by P. Payne, xii. 308, 495 ; and
Prague, xii. 382 Bohemian language, v. 489 Bohn (John), his death, ii. 400 Bohun family, Earls of Hereford, v. 269, 400 " Boiled " butter, its meaning, iv. 475 Bois (Jules), English translation of, vi. 169 Boisdanne (Edward), his biography, vi. 48 Boissier (A.) on Don Manuel Rosas, xii. 167 Bolbelt (Roger) and Donhead St. Mary, xii. 205 Boleyn (Queen Anne), her execution, ii. 468 ; iii. 17,
114 ; portrait of her mother, xi. 229 Bolingbroke (Viscount) and the classics, viii. 460 Bolland (W. C.) on " Babies in the eyes," ix. 405 ;
x. 56
Bologna, Scots heiress as a recluse in, vii. 488 Bolsterstone Dannikins or Custard Feast, i. 287, 490 ;
ii. 250 Bolt, miraculous, near Limoges, vii. 46
