The term
_but_, would seem to be a generic one, the actual meaning of
which I do not know; it implies, however, some containing vessel
or utensil. _See_ BEE-BUT. _But_, applied to beef,
always means _buttock._
Butter-and-eggs. _s._ A variety of the daffodil.
Bwile. _v._ Boil.
Bwye. _interj._ Bye! adieu. This, as well as _good-bye_
and _good-bwye_, is evidently corrupted from _God be with
you_; God-be-wi' ye, equivalent to the French _A Dieu_, to
God. Bwye, and good-bwye, are, therefore, how vulgar soever they
may seem, more analogous than _bye_ and _good-bye_.
C.
Callyvan'. _s._ A pyramidal trap for catching birds.
Car'riter. _s._ Character.
CAcs. Because.
Cass'n, Cass'n't. Canst not: as, _Thee cass'n do it_, thou
canst not do it.
Catch corner. A game commonly called elsewhere puss in the corner.
Cat'terpillar. _s._ The cockchafer; _Scarabeus
melolontha_.
_West_ of the Parret this insect is called _wock-web_,
oak-web, because it infests the _oak_, and spins its web on
it in great numbers.
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