Baw, bau, _s._ Fellow, comrade: probably the same as the English country-word baw, bor. _Ger._ Bauer. Av acoi, baw, Come here, fellow. Boer, in Wallachian, signifies a boyard or lord.
Beano abri. Born out of doors, like a Gypsy or vagrant.
Bebee, _s._ Aunt. _Rus._ Baba (grandmother, old woman, hag); Baba Yagā, the female demon of the Steppes.
Beng / Bengui, _s._ Devil. _Sans._ Pangka (mud). According to the Hindu mythology, there is a hell of mud; the bengues of the Gypsies seem to be its tenants.
Bengako tan, _s._ Hell. Lit. place belonging to devils.
Bengeskoe potan. Devil’s tinder, sulphur.
Bengree, _s._ Waistcoat. _Span. Gyp._ Blani. _Wal._ (Blāni fur).
Berro, béro, _s._ A ship, a hulk for convicts. _Span. Gyp._ Bero, las galeras, the galleys; presidio, convict garrison.
Bersh / Besh, _s._ A year. _Sans._ Varsha. He could cour drey his besh, he could fight in his time.
Beshaley / Beshly, Gypsy name of the Stanley tribe.
Bi, _prep._ Without: bi luvvu, without money.
Bicunyie, _a._ Alone, undone: meklis _or_ mukalis bicunyie, let it alone.
Bikhin / Bin _v. a._ To sell. _Hin._ Bikna.
Bitch / Bitcha, _v. a._ To send. _Sans._ Bis, bisa.
Bitcheno pawdel. Sent across, transported.
Bitti, _s. a._ Small, piece, a little. This word is not true Gypsy.
Bloen / Blowing, A cant word, but of Gypsy origin, signifying a sister in debauchery, as Pal denotes a brother in villainy. It is the Plani and Beluñi of the Spanish Gypsies, by whom sometimes Beluñi is made to signify queen; _e.g._ Beluñi de o tarpe (tem opré), the Queen of Heaven, the Virgin. Blower is used by Lord Byron, in his ‘Don Juan.’ Speaking of the highwayman whom the Don shoots in the vicinity of London, he says that he used to go to such-and-such places of public resort with—his blowen.
Bob, _s._ A bean. _Wal._ Bob: _pl._ bobbis, bobs.
Boccalo, _a._ Hungry: boccalé pers, hungry bellies.
Bokht, _s._ Luck, fortune: kosko bokht, good luck. _Sans._ Bhãgya. _Pers._ Bakht.
Bokkar-engro, _s._ A shepherd: bokkar-engro drey, the dude, man in the moon.
Bokkeriskoe, _a._ Sheepish, belonging to a sheep: bokkeriskey piré, sheep’s feet.
Bonnek, _s._ Hold: lel bonnek, to take hold.
Bolleskoe divvus. Christmas-day; _query_, baptismal day. _Wal._ Botez (baptism).