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Name	Term description
Name Bloody sweat	Term description Sweating sickness, typically accompanied by a discharge of blood.
Name Blype	Term description Peeling skin
Name BMN	Term description British Merchant Navy
Name BMS	Term description British Merchant Service
Name Boak	Term description To vomit or retch
Name Boat-wright	Term description Boatbuilder
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