2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball. Ð Bulb of a hair, the ½root,¸ or part whence the hair originates. Ð Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb. Ð Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
Tomlinson.
Bulb, v.i. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
BulÏba¶ceous (?), a. [L. bulbaceus. See Bulb, n.] Bulbous.
Jonson.
Bulb¶ar (?), a. Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.
Bulbed (?), a. Having a bulb; roundÐheaded.
Bulb¶el (?), n. [Dim., fr. bulb, n.] (Bot.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.
BulÏbif¶erÏous (?), a. [Bulb, n. + Ïferous: cf. F. bulbifŠre.] (Bot.) Producing bulbs.
Bulb¶let (?), n. [Bulb, n. + Ïlet.] (Bot.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some a‰rial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
BulÏbose¶ (?), a. Bulbous.
Bul¶boÐtu·ber (?), n. [Bulb, n. + tuber.] (Bot.) A corm.
Bulb¶ous (?), a. [L. bulbosus: cf. F. bulbeux. See Bulb, n.] Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
ØBul¶bul (?), n. [Per.] (Zo”l.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliid‘. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera. [Written also buhlbuhl.]
Bul¶bule (?), n. [L. bulbulus, dim. of bulbus. See Bulb, n.] A small bulb; a bulblet.
Bul¶chin (?), n. [Dim. of bull.] A little bull.
Bulge (?), n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belganÿto swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. bÓlginn swollen, OHG. belganÿto swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b?hÿto be large, strong;ÿthe root meaning to swell. Cf. Bilge, Belly, Billow, Bouge, n.] 1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
3. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.
Bulge ways. (Naut.) See Bilge ways.
Bulge, v.i. [imp. & p.p. Bulged (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bulging.] 1. Toÿswell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
And scattered navies bulge on distant shores.
Broome.
Bul¶gy (?), a. Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward. [Colloq.]
ØBuÏlim¶iÏa (?), Bu¶liÏmy (?), } n. [NL. bulimia, fr. Gr. ?, lit., oxÐhunger; ? ox + ? hunger: cf. F. boulimie.] (Med.) A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.
ØBuÏli¶mus (?), n. [L. bulimusÿhunger. See Bulimy.] (Zo”l.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous ingabundant in tropical America.
Bulk (?), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable.
Bacon.
2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, ½to obtain what by labor can be obtained.¸
J.Morley.
3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
4. The body. [Obs.]
Shak.
My liver leaped within my bulk.
Turbervile.
Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. Ð To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. Ð In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. Ð Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. Ð Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.
Syn. - Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.
Bulk (?), v.i. [imp. & p.p. Bulked (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bulking.] To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.
Leslie Stephen.
Bulk, n. [Icel. b¾lkr a beam, partition. Cf. Balk, n. & v.] A projecting part of a building. [Obs.]
Here, stand behind this bulk.
Shak.
Bulk¶er (?), n. (Naut.) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
Bulk¶head· (?), n. [See Bulk part of a building.] 1. (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; Ð usually, the harbor line.
Bulk¶iÏness (?), n. Greatness in bulk; size.
Bulk¶y (?), a. Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.
A bulky digest of the revenue laws.
Hawthorne.
Bull (?), n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr. the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.] 1. (Zo”l.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovid‘); hence,ÿthe male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
µ The wild bullÿof the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large speciesÿof antelope.
2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.
Ps.xxii.12.
3. (Astron.) (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun,
And the bright Bull receives him.
Thomson.
4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.
Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them. Ð John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. ½GoodÐlooking young John Bull.¸ W.D.Howells. Ð To take the bullÿby the horns, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.
Bull, a. Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
Bull batÿ(Zo”l.), the night hawk; Ð so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening. Ð Bull calf. (a) A stupid fellow. Ð Bull mackerel (Zo”l.), the chub mackerel. Ð Bull pump (Mining), a direct singleÐacting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placedÿaboveÿthe pump. Ð Bull snakeÿ(Zo”l.), the pine snake of the United States. Ð Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag. Ð Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is woundÿfor lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.
Bull, v.i. To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]
Bull, v.t. (Stock Exchange) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
Bull, n. [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob, LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. Bull a writing, Bowl a ball, Boil, v.i.] 1. A seal. See Bulla.
2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated ½a die Incarnationis,¸ i.e., ½from the day of the Incarnation.¸ See Apostolical brief, under Brief.
A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses.
Atterbury.
3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.
And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic.
Milton.
The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; Ð so called from its golden seal.
Syn. - See Blunder.
ØBul¶la (?), n.; pl. Bull‘ (?). [L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.] 1. (Med.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
2. (Anat.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
3. A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
4. (Zo”l.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
Bul¶lace (?), n. [OE. bolas, bolace, OF. beloce; of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bolos, polos, Gael. bulaistear.] (Bot.) (a) A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum. (b) The bully tree.
BulÏlan¶tic (?), a. [See Bull an edict.] Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls.
Fry.
Bullantic letters, Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
Bul¶laÏry (?), n. [LL. bullarium: cf. F. bullairie. See Bull an edict.] A collection of papal bulls.
Bul¶laÏry, n.; pl. Bullaries (?). [Cf. Boilary.] A place for boiling or preparating salt; a boilery.
Crabb.
And certain salt fats or bullaries.
Bills in Chancery.
Bul¶late (?), a. [L. bullatus, fr. bulla bubble.] (Biol.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.
Bullate leafÿ(Bot.), a leaf, the membranous part of which rises between the veins puckered elevations convex on one side and concave on the other.
Bull¶beg·gar (?), n. Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear.
And being an illÐlooked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in the parish.
Mountfort (1691).
Bull¶ bri·er (?). (Bot.) A speciesÿof Smilax (S. PseudoÐChina) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; Ð called also bamboo brier and China brier.
Bull¶combÏer (?), n. (Zo”l.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typh‘us vulgarisÿof Europe.
Bull¶dog· (?), n. 1. (Zo”l.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; Ð so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.
2. (Metal.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
Bull¶dog·, a. Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.
Bulldog batÿ(Zo”l.), a bat of the genus Nyctinomus; Ð so called from the shape of its face.
Bull¶doze· (?), v.t. [imp. & p.p. Bulldozed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bulldozing.] To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; Ð used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
Bull¶do·zer (?), n. One who bulldozes. [Slang]
Bulled (?), a. [Cf. Boln.] Swollen. [Obs.]
ØBul¶lenÐbul¶len (?), n. [Native Australian name, from its cry.] (Zo”l.) The lyre bird.
Bul¶lenÐnail· (?), n. [Bull large, having a large head + nail.] A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.
Bul¶let (?), n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.] 1. A small ball.
2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
3. A cannon ball. [Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich ... shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
Stow.
4. The fetlock of a horse. [See Illust. under Horse.]
Bul¶letÐproof· (?), a. Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.
Bullet tree. See Bully tree. Ð Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
Bul¶leÏtin (?), n. [F. bulletin, fr. It. bullettino, dim. of bulletta, dim. of bulla, bolla, an edict of the pope, from L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.] 1. A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.
2. Any public notice or announcement, especiallyÿof news recently received.
3. A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society.
Bulletin board, a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.
Bull¶faced· (?), a. Having a large face.
Bull¶feast· (?), n. See Bullfight. [Obs.]
Bull¶fight· (?), Bull¶fight·ing, n. A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, Ð still popular in Spain. Ð Bull¶fight·er (?), n.
Bull¶finch· (?), n. (Zo”l.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.
µ As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable power of learning to whistle correctly various musical airs.
CrimsonÐfronted bullfinch. (Zo”l.) See Burion. Ð Pine bullfinch, the pine finch.
Bull¶fist (?), Bull¶fice (?), n. [Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist.] (Bot.) A kind of fungus. See Puffball.
Bull¶ fly·or Bull¶fly· (?), n. (Zo”l.) Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies.
Bull¶frog· (?), n. (Zo”l.) A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; Ð so named from its loud bellowing in spring.
Bull¶head· (?), n. 1. (Zo”l.) (a) A freshÐwater fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobioÿof Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; Ð called also miller's thumb. (b) In America, several species of Amiurus; Ð called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout. (c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
2. (Zo”l.) (a) The blackÐbellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); Ð called also beetlehead. (b) The golden plover.
3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.]
Jonson.
4. (Zo”l.) A small black water insect.
E.Phillips.
Bullhead whiting (Zo”l.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus).
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Bull¶head·ed (?), a. Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.
Bul¶lion (?), n. [Cf. OE. bullyon a hook used for fastening the dress, a button, stud, an embossed ornament of various kinds, e.g., on the cover of a book, on bridles or poitrels, for purses, for breeches and doublets, LL. bullio the swelling of boiling water, a mass of gold or silver, fr. L. bulla boss, stud, bubble (see Bull an edict), or perh. corrupted fr. ?. billon base coin, LL. billioÿbullion. Cf. Billon, Billet a stick.] 1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.
µ Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate. The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin.
2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.]
And those which eld's strict doom did disallow,
And damm for bullion, go for current now.
Sylvester.
3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.]
The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound.
Skelton.
4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
Bul¶lionÏist, n. An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.
Bul¶liÏrag (?), v.t. [Cf. bully, n. & v., and rag to scold, rail. Cf. Ballarag.] To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger. [Low]
Bull¶ish (?), a. Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.
Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as bullish.
Milton.
Bull¶ist, n. [F. bulliste. See Bull an edict.] A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.]
Harmar.
BulÏli¶tion (?), n. [L. bullire, bullitum, to boil. See Boil, v.i.] The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition.
Bacon.
Bull¶Ðnecked· (?), a. Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull.
Sir W.Scott.
Bul¶lock (?), n. [AS. bulluc a young bull. See Bull.] 1. A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.
Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old.
Judges vi.25.
2. An ox, steer, or stag.
Bul¶lock, v.t. To bully. [Obs.]
She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me.
Foote.
Bul¶lock'sÐeye· (?), n. See Bull'sÐeye, 3.
ØBul¶lon (?), n. (Zo”l.) A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis).
Bull¶pout· (?), n. (Zo”l.) See Bullhead, 1 (b).
Bull's¶Ðeye· (?), n. 1. (Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
2. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
3. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
4. A circular or oval opening for air or light.
5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.
Dickens.
6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
7. (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target.
8. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
9. A small and thick oldÐfashioned watch. [Colloq.]
Bull's¶Ðnose· (?), n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
Bull¶ ter¶riÏer (?). (Zo”l.) A b?eed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.
Bull¶ trout· (?). (Zo”l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of ??? species, as Salmo ??? and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; Ð called also sea trout. (b) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; Ð called also Dolly Varden troutÿand redÐspotted trout. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
Bull¶weed· (?), n. [Bole a stem + weed.] (Bot.) Knapweed.
Prior.
Bull¶wort· (?), n. (Bot.) See Bishop'sÐweed.
Bul¶ly (?), n.; pl. Bullies (?). [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerb„k, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.] 1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
Palmerston.
2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.]
Shak.
Bul¶ly (?), a. 1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] ½Bless thee, bully doctor.¸
Shak.
2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
Bul¶ly, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Bullied (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bullying.] To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.
For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of voluntrees gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just singing.
Tatler.
Syn. - To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
Bul¶ly, v.i. To act as a bully.
Bul¶lyÏrag (?), v.t. Same as Bullirag.
Bul¶lyÏrock· (?), n. A bully. [Slang Obs.]
Shak.
Bul¶ly tree· (?). (Bot.) The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotace‘, as Dipholis nigraÿand species of Sapotaÿand Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling guttaÐpercha.
Bul¶rush· (?), n. [OE. bulrysche, bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush.] (Bot.) A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
µ The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the catÐtail (Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia) and to the lake clubÐrush (Scirpus lacustris); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and also to species of Scirpus or clubÐrush.
ØBulse (?), n. A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc. [India]
Macaulay.
Bul¶tel (?), n. [LL. bultellus. See Bolt to sift.] A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]
Bul¶ti (?), n. (Zo”l.) Same as Bolty.
Bul¶tow· (?), n. A trawl; a boulter; the mod? of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
Bul¶wark (?), n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw. bolwerk, Dan. bolv„rk, bulv„rk, rampart; akin to G. bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See Bole stem, and Work, n., and cf. Boulevard.] 1. (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, ... the floating bulwark of our island.
Blackstone.
3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
Syn. - See Rampart.
Bul¶wark, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Bulwarked (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bulwarking.] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed
With rising towers.
Glover.
Bum (?), n. [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.] The buttock. [Low]
Shak.
Bum, v.i. [imp. & p.p. Bummed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bumming (?).] [See Boom, v.i., to roar.] To make murmuring or humming sound.
Jamieson.
Bum, n. A humming noise.
Halliwell.
Bum¶bail¶iff (?), n. [A corruption of bound bailiff.] [Low, Eng.] See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.
Bum¶bard (?). See Bombard.ÿ[Obs.]
Bum¶barge· (?), n. See Bumboat.
Carlyle.
Bum¶bast (?). See Bombast. [Obs.]
Bum¶beÏlo (?), n.; pl. Bumbeloes (?). [It. bombola.] A glass used in subliming camphor. [Spelled also bombolo and bumbolo.]
Bum¶ble (?), n. [See Bumpÿto boom.] (Zo”l.) The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
Bum¶ble, v.i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.
As a bittern bumbleth in the mire.
Chaucer.
Bum¶bleÏbee· (?), n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v.i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.] (Zo”l.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; Ð so named from its sound.
µ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
Bum¶boat· (?), n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat.] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
Bum¶kin (?), n. [Boom a beam + Ïkin. See Bumpkin.] (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) Onr from each quarter, for the mainÐbrace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]
ØBum¶maÏlo (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; Ð called also Bombay duck.
Bum¶mer (?), n. An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. [Slang, U.S.]
Bum¶meÏry (?), n. See Bottomery. [Obs.]
There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond.
R.North.
Bump (?), v.t. [imp. & p.p. Bumped (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bumping.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum , v.i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
Bump, v.i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. ½Bumping and jumping.¸
Southey.
Bump (?), n. [From Bump to strike, to thump.] 1. A thump; a heavy blow.
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
It had upon its brow
A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone.
Shak.
3. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of ½veneration;¸ the bump of ½acquisitiveness.¸ [Colloq.]
4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
Bump, v.i. [See Boom to roar.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed.
Dryden.
Bump, n. The noise made by the bittern.
Bum¶per (?), n. [A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel.] 1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
He frothed his bumpers to the brim.
Tennyson.
2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [Cant]
Bump¶er (?), n. 1. That which bumps or causes a bump.
2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Bump¶kin (?), n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave defines thus: ½Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffeÐblock, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the foreÐsayle and spritÐsayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.¸ Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a pole.] An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout. ½Bashful country bumpkins.¸
W.Irving.
Bump¶tious (?), a. SelfÐconceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.]
Halliwell.
Bump¶tiousÏness, n. Conceitedness. [Colloq.]
Bun, Bunn (?), n. [Scot. bun, bunn, OE. bunne, bonne; fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. bunna, Gael. bonnach, or OF. bugne tumor, Prov. F. bugne a kind of pancake; akin to OHG. bungo bulb, MHG. bunge, Prov. E. bung heap, cluster, bunny a small swelling.] A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.
Bunch (?), n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.] 1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
They will carry ... their treasures upon the bunches of camels.
Isa.xxx.6.
2. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.
3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
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Bunch, v.i. [imp. & p.p. Bunched (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Bunching.] To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.
Woodward.
Bunch, v.t. To form into a bunch or bunches.
Bunch¶Ðbacked· (?), a. Having a bunch on the back; crooked. ½BunchÐbacked toad.¸
Shak.
Bunch¶ber·ry (?), n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.
Bunch¶ grass· (?). (Bot.) A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.
Bunch¶iÏness (?), n. The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.
Bunch¶y (?), a. 1. Swelling out in bunches.
An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled.
Phaer.
2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.
3. (Mining) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine.
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Bun¶combe, Bun¶kum (?), n. [Buncombe a country of North Carolina.] SpeechÐmaking for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [Cant or Slang, U.S.]
All that flourish about right of search was bunkum Ð all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum ... slavery speeches are all bunkum.
Haliburton.
To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly.
µ ½The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous 'Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker Ð a na‹ve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent country of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the 'Question,' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He preserved, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to 'make a speech for Buncombe.'¸
W.Darlington.
ØBund (?), n. [G.] League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
ØBund (?), n. [Hindi band.] An embankment against inundation. [India]
S. Wells Williams.
ØBun¶der (?), n. [Pers. bandar a landing place, pier.] A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.
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