9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.]

Bull's"-nose` (&?;), n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

Bull" ter"ri*er (&?;). (Zoöl.) A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

Bull" trout` (&?;). (Zoöl.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout. (b) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red- spotted 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's-weed.

Bul"ly (&?;), n.; pl. Bullies (&?;). [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerbäk, 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.

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