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.
Bul*lan"tic (&?;), a. [See Bull an edict.] Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. Fry.
Bullantic letters, Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
Bul"la*ry (&?;), n. [LL. bullarium: cf. F. bullairie. See Bull an edict.] A collection of papal bulls.
Bul"la*ry, n.; pl. Bullaries (-rz). [Cf. Boilary.] A place for boiling or preparing salt; a boilery. Crabb.
And certain salt fats or bullaries.
Bills in Chancery.
Bul"late (bl"lt/), a. [L. bullatus, fr. bulla bubble.] (Biol.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.
Bullate leaf (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 ill-looked 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 species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) 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; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.
Bull"comb*er (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhæus vulgaris of Europe.
Bull"dog` (&?;), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- 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 bat (Zo'94l.), a bat of the genus Nyctinomus; -- 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; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]