Publications Volume 7; No. 19; No. 50 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... way a Monday mornin. I shall go home to th' old umman bum bye night, way my c'ane shirt so black's a chimley-zweep, and stink so bad's a fitch.--January 10th, 1887. See Bait. O lie not we, like foolish vish, Wi' gliu'ring things deceyvM; We snatch the W/an' vcnl the sting To late to be releyv'd.--Pulman, Rustic Sketches, p. 7. Ez hook now 'e've boiteit, an' at et he goos.--Ibid. p. 21. BOLD MAKING boa-1 makeen. Making bold; using freedom; taking a liberty; presuming--used in accepting an invitation to take refreshment. Dhangk ee, neef tud-n tu bowl mak-eeri, thank you, if it is not too bold making. On going away after a repast, I have very often heard: Dhangk ee vur muy boa'/ malr ee/i, thank you for my bold making--i. e. my intrusion, the freedom I have used. BOLSTER boal-stur, sb. In a timber-carriage of the kind ca'led a taap kaareej, top-carriage--i. e. one on which the log is borne upon the axles and nots wung up under them--there is a loose piece of wood on ths fore-carriage, through the centre of which passes the main-pin. Upon this piece rests the. end of tha log, and it is firmly bound to it by a chain passing through holes made for the purpose. This is called the bolster, and its use is to permit the fore-wheels to "lock " without disturbing the burden fixed to it. There is a similar bolster underneath the body of a wagon for the same purpose. See Pillar-piece. BOLSTER-CHAIN boal-stur chiayn, sb. A short, strong chain, one end of which slides freely on a strong bar fixed to the futchels of a timber-carriage. The other end is firmly fastened with "dogs" to the end of the tree, when fixed upon the bolster. The use of the bolster-chain is to hold up and keep steady the front of the fore-carriage, to which the...