*Bucksome* (or *Buxom*), _adj._ (Winchester).—Happy; cheerful.
*Budder*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A hard worker; a SWOTTER.
[From a proper name.]
*Bug and Tick*, _subs. phr._ (The Leys).—The Natural History
Society. _See_ BUG AND SNAIL (Appendix).
*Buissonites*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Now called BODEITES
(_q.v._).
*Bulky*, _adj._ (Winchester).—(1) Rich; (2) generous.
*Bull-dog*, _subs._ 1. (University).—A proctor’s assistant or
marshal.
1823. LOCKHART, _Reg. Dalton_, I., x. (1842), 59. Long forgotten
stories about proctors bit and BULL-DOGS baffled.
1841. LYTTON, _Night and Morning_, bk. iii. chap. iii. The proctor and
his BULL-DOGS came up ... and gave chase to the delinquents; ... the
night was dark, and they reached the College in safety.
1847. TENNYSON, _Princess_, Prologue. We unworthier told Of college;
he had climb’d across the spikes, And he had squeezed himself betwixt
the bars, And he had breath’d the Proctor’s DOGS.
1880. BREWER, _Reader’s Handbook_. BULL-DOGS, the two servants of a
university proctor, who follow him in his rounds, to assist him in
apprehending students who are violating the university statutes, such
as appearing in the streets after dinner without cap and gown, &c.