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Buffalo-headed; a derogatory word equivalent to fool or idiot.
places Almondbury
dates 1686

spellings bugler
‘Bugle’ was originally the word for a buffalo or wild ox and the bugle-horn was used first as a drinking vessel and then became in its shortened form the musical instrument (OED).
places York
dates 1217 1403

A wild plum, used of both the tree and the fruit.
dates 1716 1783

A nickname; possibly an early example of bull-frog.
places Horbury
dates 1333

A regional word for the bulrush.
places York
dates 1482

The exact meaning is uncertain but the reference noted was to imported items of fir, possibly for use by shipwrights.
places Hull
dates 1483

A collection of things of the same kind.
dates 1461 1483 1518 1537 1697 1698

As a verb, to kick or strike with the foot.
dates 1672 1703

A dialect form of ‘bound wain’.
dates 1539 1558 1571 1644

A load such as a man might carry, but used as a measure of quantity and often contrasted with a horse-load.
places York
dates 1495

A wool-dyed cloth of superior quality, originally dark-brown in colour (OED).
dates 1234 1252 1346 1391 1413-1414 1545 1558 1570

A branding iron.
dates 1485 1502 1565

A by-name, probably comparing a person's hair to a prickly flower-head, perhaps the burdock.
dates 1292 1308 1335

A supporting wall, inclined against a bank (EDD).
places Thurstonland
dates 1867

A word of uncertain origin noted only in Holderness. The contexts suggest that it may have referred to a fence, possibly one of brushwood.
places Patrington
dates 1663

Pottery made at Burslem.
places Northallerton
dates 1752

A regional word for the elder.
dates 1200 1423-1424 1530 1642

A measure of capacity which contains four pecks or eight gallons. Many references are to the vessel used as a measure.
dates 1357 1476 1490 1558 1603 1619 1706

spellings busman
Christopher Tayler of Hull was described as busshman when he died in 1588 (YRS22/123).
places Hull
dates 1465

A regional form of ‘bush’, found commonly in minor place-names.
dates 1300 1542 1550 1678 1782

 A term for a soft leather boot which reached the calf or knee, but used also of a shorter laced boot or even leather hose.
dates 1502 1535 1568 1572 1575 1596

A two or three masted Dutch fishing vessel.
dates 1614 1653 1670

A short form of ‘abutment’.
dates 1485-1486 1741

The thick or hinder part of a hide used for sole leather, especially that of an ox or cow: it was reduced to a rough rectangle by removing the belly and shoulders.
dates 1541 1735

A common Yorkshire place-name with several possible meanings.
dates 1260 1367 1397 1497 1519 1572 1636

A cask, usually for wine or ale.

spellings butteris
From the French boutoir, an instrument used in various trades for punching or boring holes, found especially in farriers’ workshops where it served to pare horses’ hooves.
dates 1423 1592 1638

spellings coffin
Possibly a wooden bowl with a cover (EDD), although a ‘pair’ may suggest that they were butter pats.
dates 1567 1622 1638

Not a reference to the name of the flower which dates only from the eighteenth century, but to a cup for holding butter.
places York
dates 1426

A carved wooden stamp for marking pats of butter (OED).
places Allerton
dates 1636

A name applied to various kinds of flat fish, such as turbot and plaice.
places Hull Scarborough
dates 1483 1623

Presumably a showroom or warehouse.
places Sheffield
dates 1758

Occupational term for a maker of buttons.
dates 1669 1685-1687 1698 1743

A spelling of 'by work'.
places Farnley
dates 1719

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spellings byrlaw
As a word of Scandinavian origin b? had the meaning of ‘village’ or ‘farmstead’ and as a place-name element it is popular in different parts of Yorkshire, for example Austby, Selby, Whitby.
dates 1298 1307 1330 1331 1390 1432 1455 1463 1525 1556 1571 1609 1642

A channel cut to convey surplus water away from a reservoir or aqueduct, designed to prevent flooding or overflowing (OED).
places Holmfirth
dates 1861

An out of the way spot.
places Barnsley
dates 1726

spellings byrdole
The word ‘dole’ and its northern spelling ‘dale’ were commonly applied in the past to portions of land in the town fields, that is the plough-land and pasture held in common.
dates 1437 1483 1523 1579 1650

A word for 'bristle'.
places Bolton Priory
dates 1298-1299

A channel conducting water from a mill.
dates 1716 1782 1788

Of uncertain meaning, possibly ‘on several occasions’, although it may have been time not occupied by a person’s main work.
places Ecclesfield
dates 1686

Meaning uncertain.
places Huddersfield
dates 1693

spellings byework
In coal-mining this was the term applied to jobs done outside the particular task.
dates 1671 1707 1730 1761

In a colliery context, small huts used for accommodation and warmth when they were not working.
dates 1704 1762 1769

spellings caddis
It occurs in contexts that are seldom clear-cut but elsewhere refers to materials such as ribbon or cotton wool, used in padding.
dates 1693 1756

A coarse material or woollen bed-cover.
dates 1579 1631 1674 1758-1762

The jackdaw, but also used as an insult.
places Hunsingore
dates 1468

A carrier or itinerant dealer.
dates 1628 1642

The binding or edging of a garment (OED).
dates 1674

Infirm, feeble, decadent, in poor condition.
places York Halifax
dates 1437 1519 1555

cag

A small cask or tub.
dates 1453 1632 1688

spellings kail
Northern spellings of ‘cole’, applied to various types of brassica, not just cabbage.
dates 1200-1300 1580 1612 1614 1627

It shares the same origin as captive but by the early fourteenth century had come to mean a poor wretch, a person in a piteous condition (OED).
dates 1590 1607 1675

A kind of fur, squirrel skins from Calabria in Italy according to Veale.
dates 1296 1366 1444 1520 1582

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