This page gathers the 1,860 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dialectal” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 2 of 19: from “bedraw” to “bush”.
- bedraw verb To draw aside or away.
- bedrel noun A bedridden person; a helpless cripple.
- bedrip noun A band of harvesters.
- bedrite verb To befoul with ordure; bedirt.
- beed verb Synonym of was.
- beet verb To improve; to mend.
- befang verb To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
- befight verb To fight against; contend; do battle with.
- begeck verb To deceive; disappoint; jilt.
- beget verb To happen to; befall.
- begunk verb To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
- behappen adv Perhaps, mayhap.
- behight verb To be designated.
- belfry noun A shed.
- belight verb To light up; illuminate.
- belike adv Likely, probably, perhaps, haply.
- belive verb To remain, stay.
- belting adj Very good; exceptional (can also be used adverbially)
- bene noun A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
- bepinch verb To pinch all over.
- bere noun A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
- berry noun A mound; a barrow.
- berserk adj Wildly joyous; ecstatic.
- bes verb third-person singular simple present indicative of be
- besee verb To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
- beseen adj Furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped.
- beshine verb To give light to.
- betalk verb To talk about; discuss; tell; count; give an account (of).
- beteem verb To bestow; afford; allow; deign.
- beway conj By way; because.
- bewill verb To cause to go astray.
- bez verb first-person plural simple present of be
- bide verb To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
- bield verb To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
- big verb To inhabit; occupy.
- bind verb To complain; to whine about something.
- bing verb To go; walk; come; run.
- bink noun A bench.
- binner verb To create a bickering noise.
- biscuit bread noun A type of savoury bread in the form of a small cake or scone, typically made from flour, fat and a raising agent.
- bishop verb To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of…
- bizen noun Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; sorry spectacle; disgraceful thing.
- blackberry noun The blackcurrant.
- blackcap noun Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus…
- bland verb To mix; blend; mingle.
- blare noun A lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring.
- bleck verb To blacken.
- blens noun The common cod; codfish
- bletch verb To blacken; to dirty or soil.
- blink noun gleam; glimmer; sparkle
- blinky adj Of milk: turned somewhat sour.
- blither verb To talk foolishly; to blather.
- blob noun A bubble; a bleb.
- blood and ouns noun The blood and wounds of Christ on the cross.
- blore verb To cry; cry out; weep.
- bluely noun Porpoise.
- bog noun A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
- boggard noun A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of…
- boggle verb To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
- bogle noun A scarecrow.
- bogus noun A liquor made of rum and molasses.
- boke verb To thrust or push out; butt; poke.
- bolter verb To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
- boodle noun The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
- boon noun An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
- boot noun Remedy, amends.
- boothman noun A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- bosser noun A large marble in children's games.
- bottle noun A dwelling; habitation.
- bouk noun The belly.
- braid noun A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.
- brank noun A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
- brant adj steep, precipitous.
- brat noun A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
- brath adj Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.
- brawn noun A boar.
- bread noun Breadth.
- breakbone noun A chicken's wishbone.
- bree noun The eyelid.
- brew noun An overhanging hill or cliff.
- bridewain noun A cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported…
- bright verb Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
- brills noun Spectacles (glasses), especially double-jointed ones.
- brimmer noun A hat with a brim, especially a straw hat.
- brinded adj Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
- brit verb To fade away; alter.
- broach noun A spire rising from a tower.
- broggle verb To sniggle, or fish with a brog.
- brogue verb to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
- buck noun The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
- buckle verb To participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.
- buff verb To stammer, stutter
- buggish adj Uppity.
- bully noun An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade
- bumble noun A Eurasian bittern.
- bummle noun An idle fellow.
- bun noun A bunny: a rabbit.
- bunk noun A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
- bunny noun A swelling from a blow; a bump.
- bush noun A thicket, a small wood, or a tract of uncleared, woody land.