BEHOLDEN, pa. p. placed under an obligation.
BEIGHTON GREEN, a place in Sheffield. Harrison.
- A village in Derbyshire, near Sheffield, is called Beighton. See BEETON GREEN.
BEILING [bailing], sb. the thin serous fluid issuing from an ulcer or other sore.
BELAKINS, interj.
BELDER, v. to roar, to bellow.
BELIKE or BYLIKE, adv. perhaps, probably.
BELIVE, adv. soon.
- 'This is one of the very few words in this list which I owe to a communication.'—Hunter's MS.
BELL, sb. the cry of the deer. Hunter's MS.
BELL, v. to cry as the hart does. Hunter's MS.
BELL, v. to bellow, to call loudly.
- 'Wot are ta bellin at, lad?' Addressed to a child when crying.
BELLAND. 'Belland Field,' 'Upper Belland Place,' and 'Lower Belland Place' are fields in Dore. Cattle are said to have the belland when they are poisoned with particles of lead ore. Lead was smelted in the neighbourhood.
BELLASES or BELLICES, sb. pl. bellows for an iron forge.
BELL-HAGG, a place near Sheffield. See HAG.
- 'Warren Scargill holdeth at will Bell Haggs farme by the yearly rent of xvli.' Harrison. Adjacent is Fox hagg. As to the word bell see the Introduction. Cf, Bell Wood in Ripon.
BELL-HORSES, sb. pl. a child's game.
- 'Bell-horses, bell-horses, what time o' day,
- One o'clock, two o'clock, three and away.'
- The first horse in a team conveying lead to be smelted wore bells and was called the bell-horse.
BELLHOUSE PLAIN, the name of a part of Sheffield Park. Harrison.
- Some houses in Ecclesfield are called 'Bell houses.'
BELLY-TIMBER, sb. any kind of food.
BELLY-WARK, sb. belly ache.
- Cf. hede-warke in Cath. Angl.
