or BETTISDALE,** a town of Suffolk in England, seated in a dale or valley, and its streets take in a good part of Ricking, all which together make up the town; for of itself it is but a hamlet, having a small chapel, and an endowed grammar-school, to which belong certain scholarships, assigned to Bennet or Corpus Christi college in Cambridge, being the gift of Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal. E. Long. i. 8. N. Lat. 52° 25'.

**BUDDING,** in gardening. See ENGRAFTING.

**BUDDLE,** in Metallurgy, a large square frame of boards, used in washing metallic ores.

**BUDDLEIA.** See BOTANY Index.

**BUDELICH,** a town of Germany, in the electoral circle of the Rhine and archbishopric of Treves, seated on the little river Traen, in E. Long. 6° 55'. N. Lat. 49° 52'.

**BUDGE-BARRELS,** among engineers, small barrels well hooped, with only one head; on the other end is nailed a piece of leather, to draw together upon strings like a purse. Their use is for carrying powder along with a gun or mortar; being less dangerous, and easier carried, than whole barrels. They are likewise used upon a battery of mortars for holding meal-powder.