bl
Infested.
bm
Dish made by boiling wheat in milk and seasoning with cinnamon and sugar.
bn
Thicket or small grove that is periodically cut back.
bo
Beat, as in “you beat me here.”
bp
Condescendingly (French).
bq
Simpleton.
br
Hat ornamentation made of fur or foxtail.
bs
Box.
bt
Colloquialism tacked on to the end of sentences and phrases; it has no literal meaning.
bu
Tough.
bv
Baking.
bw
Game in which children sing around a circle.
bx
Outer slip like an apron.
by
Children’s song that accompanies a ring game.
bz
Eager.
ca
Thrown.
cb
Pantry.
cc
Stones.
cd
Gangrene.
ce
Living by money received from the local aid societies, or clubs.
cf
Fashionable suit worn with a loose-fitting jacket and waist belt.
cg
The former is an art shop, the latter a drug store selling herbal remedies.
ch
Watercolor brush made from the soft fur of the sable.
ci
The equivalent, in today’s terms, of “Get out of town!”
cj
Popular narcotic and painkiller made from morphia, chloroform, Indian hemp, and prussic acid.
