I've started to notice that how some of the words were used 300 years ago are nowhere near how they are used nowadays.  Others are still applicable - a few degrees off-tangent...

BANGLE
To waste by little and little; to squander carelessly

BIB
L. bibo, Gypsey piava, to drink
To sip; to tipple; to drink frequently

BLAND
L. blandus, Dan. lindrer, to soften or mitigate; Ar. lana, to be mild, soft, gentle, placid, smooth, lenient
Mild; soft; gentle; as bland words; bland zephyrs

BLUFF
Welsh llwf, Eng. leap, from shooting forward
Big; surly; blustering

BOGGLE
Qu. W. bwgwl, a terrifying
To doubt; to hesitate; to stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to play fast and loose

BOOBY
Sp. bobo, a dunce or ideot, a ruff for the neck, a buffoon, the bird bobo

BOOTH
Heb. beth, a house or booth, a nest for birds

BOSS
A round or swelling body of any kind; as a boss of wood

BOUNCER
A boaster; a bully

BRAD
Arm. broud, a point; Dan. braad, a goad or sting

BROKE
Sax. brucan, to use, employ, enjoy; to eat or chew; L. frucor, whence fructus, fruit (see practice)

BROWSE
To eat the ends of branches of trees and shrubs or the young shoots, as cattle, or deer

BUBBLE
v.t. To cheat; to deceive or impose on

BUCK
L. imbuo, for imbuco or imbugo, to steep, tinge, imbue
To soak or steep in lye, a process in bleaching; to wash or steep in lye or suds

BUDGET
n. A bag; a little sack, with its contents

BUFFET
n. A blow with the fist; a box on the ear or face; a slap
v.i. To exercise or play at boxing

BYE
n. A dwelling