Glossary
Name | Term description |
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Name Boatbuilder |
Term description
One who makes boats |
Name Boatman |
Term description
One who works in a boat |
Name Boatswain |
Term description
Ship's officer in charge of the crew |
Name Boatswain-yeaman |
Term description
Ship's officer in charge of the crew |
Name Bobbin turner |
Term description
A person who makes bobbins or spools out of wood for the textile industry |
Name Boich |
Term description
To cough with difficulty |
Name Boll |
Term description
The basic unit of dry capacity, which varied from place to place and depending on what was being measured. When applied to grain, it was equal to 4 firlots or around 3 imperial bushels. For more information, see our guide on weights and measures. |
Name Bombardier |
Term description
A non-commissioned officer in some artillery regiments |
Name Bonat-maker/bonatmaker/bonnat-maker/bonnetmaker |
Term description
One who makes ladies' headwear |
Name Bone shave |
Term description
Sciatica; neuralgia femoropoplites. |
Name Bone-setter |
Term description
Surgeon |
Name Bonnet laird |
Term description
A small landowner (wore a bonnet, not the hat of the gentry). |
Name Boocher |
Term description
Uncontrolled cough |
Name Bookbinder |
Term description
One who makes covers and applies them to books |
Name Bookmaker |
Term description
One who arranges betting for others |
Name Books of Council and Session |
Term description
Another title for the Register of Deeds and Probative Writs in which, according to the directions they contain, deeds were registered for preservation and execution, or for preservation only. |
Name Bookseller |
Term description
One who sells books to the public |
Name Boot laster |
Term description
A person who fits the parts of boots/shoes to a last (model of foot on which they are made or repaired) |
Name Boot sprigger |
Term description
A person who nails boots together with sprigs, small headless or almost headless nails |
Name Bottle-maker |
Term description
One who makes bottles |
Name Bow-maker |
Term description
Bowyer (archery) |
Name Bowar/bower |
Term description
Bowyer, bow-maker (archery) |
Name Bowden |
Term description
Distended |
Name Bowel hive |
Term description
Enteritis, particularly in children |
Name Bowet-maker |
Term description
Bowyer (archery) |