Page:The ancient language, and the dialect of Cornwall.djvu/144

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124 Bulgranack. The pool, or bull toad in sea rock pools. H.R.C. Bulk-headed fool. Said of one "who is always running his head against a wall." H.R.C. Bulgranade. Stickleback. M.A.C. Bulhorn. A snail. This is a Celtic Cornish word. Bulk. See Bunch. Bulk or Belk. To belch ; (Bulk, to toss as by the horns of a cow.) M.A.c. Also see Bulking. Bulking. Piling up pilchards in regular order against the walls of a cellar ; with salt between each layer. BuUey. See Booley. Bullum. The fruit of the bullace shrub. (Bolas tree. Chaucer.) Pninus insititia. Bultys. See Boulter. Bum. A blow. This is a Celtic Cornish word. To bum. *^ I bummed my head right against the door. Bumfoozle. To humbug, to mystify. Bunch. A mass of ore in a lode. Bunch. To butt at, or toss with the horns, as with a ram, or a cow. Children playing and running " head on," cry out, 'TU bunch'ee, I'll bunch'ee." Bunchy. A lode is so called when the ore is irregularly distributed in it. Bunken, or Bumpkin. A piece of iron projecting from the bow of a boat, to which the jib is fastened. W.N.