BUCCANEER, BUCCANIER, buk-an-[=e]r', _n._ one of the piratical adventurers
in the West Indies during the 17th century, who plundered the Spaniards
chiefly.--_v.i._ to act as a buccaneer.--_n._ BUCCANEER'ING.--_adj._
BUCCANEER'ISH. [Fr. _boucaner_, to smoke meat--Carib. _boucan_, a wooden
gridiron. The French settlers in the W.I. cooked their meat on a _boucan_
in native fashion, and were hence called _boucaniers_.]
BUCCINATOR, buk-sin-[=a]'tor, _n._ the name of a flat muscle forming the
wall of the cheek, assisting in mastication and in the blowing of
wind-instruments.--_adj._ BUCCINAT'ORY. [L.;--_buccinare_.]
BUCENTAUR, b[=oo]-sen'tawr, _n._ a mythical monster half man and half bull:
the state barge of Venice used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient
ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic. [It. _bucentoro_,
usually explained as from Gr. _bous_, an ox, _kentauros_, a centaur.]
BUCEPHALUS, b[=u]-sef'a-lus, _n._ the famous war-horse of Alexander the
Great: a familiar name for a riding-horse. [Gr.; _bous_, ox, _kephal[=e]_,
head.]
BUCK, buk, _n._ the male of the deer, goat, hare, and rabbit--often used
specifically of the male of the fallow-deer: a dashing young
fellow.--_v.i._ (of a horse or mule--a BUCK'JUMPER) to attempt to throw by
a series of rapid jumps into the air, coming down with the back arched, the
head down, and the forelegs stiff: (_U.S._) to make obstinate resistance to
any improvements.--_ns._ BUCK'EEN, a poor Irish gentleman, without means to
support his gentility; BUCK'-EYE, the American horse-chestnut; BUCK'HORN,
the material of a buck's horn; BUCK'-HOUND, a small kind of staghound used
for hunting bucks; BUCK'-SHOT, a large kind of shot, used in shooting deer;
BUCK'SKIN, a soft leather made of deerskin or sheepskin: a strong twilled
woollen cloth, cropped of nap and carefully finished.--_adj._ made of the
skin of a buck.--_n.pl._ BUCK'SKINS, breeches made usually of the cloth,
not of the leather.--_ns._ BUCK'THORN, a genus of shrubs, the berry of
which supplies the sap-green used by painters; BUCK'-TOOTH, a projecting
tooth. [A.S. _buc_, _bucca_; Dut. _bok_, Ger. _bock_, a he-goat.]
BUCK, buk, _v.t._ to soak or steep in lye, a process in bleaching.--_n._
lye in which clothes are bleached.--_n._ BUCK'-BAS'KET, a basket in which
clothes are carried to be bucked. [Ety. obscure; M. E. _bouken_; cog. words
are Ger. _bäuchen_, _beuchen_.]
BUCKBEAN, buk'b[=e]n, _n._ the marsh-trefoil, a plant common in bogs in
Britain. [Corr. of _Bogbean_.]
BUCKET, buk'et, _n._ a vessel for drawing or holding water, &c.; one of the
compartments on the circumference of a water-wheel, or one of the scoops of
a dredging-machine: the leather socket for holding the whip in driving, or
for the carbine or lance when mounted: a name given to the pitcher in some
orchids.--_ns._ BUCK'ETFUL, as much as a bucket will hold; BUCK'ETING
(_U.S._), jerky rowing; BUCK'ET-SHOP, slang term for the offices of
'outside brokers'--mere agents for bets on the rise or fall of prices of
stock, &c.; BUCK'ET-WHEEL, a contrivance for raising water by means of
buckets attached to the circumference of a wheel.--GIVE THE BUCKET, to
dismiss; KICK THE BUCKET (_slang_), to die. [Prob. conn. with A.S. _búc_, a
pitcher; or O. Fr. _buket_, a pail. Not Gael. _bucaid_, a bucket.]
BUCKIE, buk'i, _n._ (_Scot._) a shellfish such as the whelk: a refractory
person. [Scot., prob. related somehow to L. _buccinum_, a shellfish.]
BUCKLE, buk'l, _n._ a metal instrument consisting of a rim and tongue, used
for fastening straps or bands in dress, harness, &c.--_v.t._ to fasten with
a buckle: to prepare for action: to engage in close fight.--_v.i._ to bend
or bulge out: to engage with zeal in a task.--_n._ BUCK'LER, a small shield
used for parrying. [Fr. _boucle_, the boss of a shield, a ring--Low L.
_buccula_, dim. of _bucca_, a cheek.]
BUCKRA, buk'ra, _n._ a word used by West Indian and American negroes for a
white man--said in a dialect of the Calabar coast to mean 'demon.'
BUCKRAM, buk'ram, _n._ a coarse open-woven fabric of cotton or linen made
very stiff with size, used for the framework of ladies' bonnets, for the
inside of belts and collars of dresses, and for bookbinding: stiffness in
manners and appearance.--_adj._ made of buckram: stiff: precise.--_v.t._ to
give the quality of buckram. [O. Fr. _boquerant_.]
BUCKSHISH. Same as BACKSHEESH.
BUCKWHEAT, buk'hw[=e]t, _n._ a species of Polygonum, grown in Germany,
Brittany, &c., for feeding horses, cattle, and poultry--buckwheat cakes are
esteemed on American breakfast-tables. [Prob. Dut. _boekweit_, or Ger.
_buckweize_.]
BUCOLIC, -AL, b[=u]-kol'ik, -al, _adj._ pertaining to the tending of
cattle: pastoral: rustic, countrified.--_n._ BUCOL'IC, a pastoral poem.
[L.--Gr. _boukolikos_--_boukolos_, a herdsman.]
BUD, bud, _n._ the first shoot of a tree or plant: used of young people, as
a term of endearment.--_v.i._ to put forth buds: to begin to grow.--_v.t._
to put forth as buds: to graft, as a plant, by inserting a bud under the
bark of another tree:--_pr.p._ bud'ding; _pa.p._ bud'ded.--_n._ BUD'DING, a
method of propagation by means of buds.--_adjs._ BUD'DY; BUD'LESS.--TO NIP
IN THE BUD, to destroy at its very beginning. [M. E. _budde_; prob. related
to Dut. _bot_, a bud.]
BUDDHA, b[=oo]d'da, _n._ an epithet applied to Sakyamuni or Gautama, the
founder of the Buddhist religion.--_ns._ BUD'DHISM, the religion founded by
Buddha; BUD'DHIST, a believer in Buddhism.--_adjs._ BUDDHIST'IC, BUD'DHIST,
pertaining to Buddhism.--ESOTERIC BUDDHISM (see THEOSOPHY). [Sans.
_buddha_, wise, from _budh_, to know.]
BUDDLE, bud'l, _v.t._ to wash ore with a _buddle_ or inclined hutch over
which water flows.
BUDGE, buj, _v.i._ and _v.t._ to move or stir.--_n._ BUDG'ER, one who
stirs. [Fr. _bouger_--It. _bulicare_, to boil, to bubble--L. _bullire_.]
BUDGE, buj, _n._ lambskin fur.--_adj._ pompous: stiff. [Derivation
unknown.]
BUDGET, buj'et, _n._ a sack with its contents: a compact collection of
things: a socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests: that
miscellaneous collection of matters which aggregate into the annual
financial statement made to parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[Fr. _bougette_, dim. of _bouge_, a pouch--L. _bulga_.]
BUFF, buf, _n._ a pliant and uncracking leather used for soldiers' belts
and other military purposes, made out of salted and dried South American
light ox and cow hides: a military coat: the colour of buff: a light
yellow: the bare skin: (_pl._) certain regiments in the British army, so
named from their buff-coloured facings--e.g. East Kent Regiment, Ross-shire
Buffs.--_ns._ BUFF'-COAT, a strong military coat: a soldier; BUFF'-WHEEL,
BUFF'-STICK, a wheel or stick covered with buff-leather or the like, and
sprinkled with emery, for polishing.--IN BUFF, naked. [Fr. _buffle_, a
buffalo.]
BUFF, buf, _n._ (_obs._) a buffet, blow, or stroke.--_v.t._ to strike. [O.
Fr. _buffe_, a blow.]
BUFFALO, buf'a-l[=o], _n._ a genus of the ox kind, the tame, often
domesticated Asiatic buffalo, and the entirely wild and fierce Cape
buffalo. The so-called American buffalo is really a 'bison.' [It.
_buffalo_, through L. from Gr. _boubalos_.]
BUFFER, buf'[.e]r, _n._ a mechanical apparatus for deadening the force of a
concussion, as in railway carriages: a fellow, as in 'old buffer.'--_n._
BUFF'ER-STATE, a neutral country lying between two others, whose relations
are or may become strained.
BUFFET, buf'et, _n._ a blow with the fist, a slap.--_v.t._ to strike with
the hand or fist: to contend against.--_n._ BUFF'ETING, a striking with the
hand, boxing: contention. [O. Fr. _bufet_--_bufe_, a blow, esp. on the
cheek.]
BUFFET, buf'et, _n._ a kind of sideboard: a low stool: a refreshment-bar
(in this sense often pronounced buf'[=a]). [Fr. _buffet_; origin unknown.]
BUFFOON, buf-[=oo]n', _n._ one who amuses by jests, grimaces, &c.: a clown:
a fool.--_ns._ BUFF'O, the comic actor in an opera; BUFFOON'ERY, the
practices of a buffoon; ludicrous or vulgar jesting. [Fr. _bouffon_--It.
_buffone_, _buffare_, to jest.]
BUG, bug, _n._ an object of terror.--_ns._ BIG-BUG (_slang_), an
aristocrat; BUG'ABOO, a bogy, or object of terror; BUG'BEAR, an object of
terror, generally imaginary.--_adj._ causing fright. [M. E. _bugge_, prob.
W. _bwg_, a hobgoblin.]
BUG, bug, _n._ a name applied loosely to certain insects, esp. to one
(_Cimex lectularius_) that infests houses and beds: in America applied to
any insect.
BUGGERY, bug'g[.e]r-i, _n._ the crime of bestiality, unnatural vice. [Fr.
_bougre_--L. _Bulgarus_, a Bulgarian, a heretic.]
BUGGY, bug'i, _n._ a name given to several kinds of light carriages or
gigs--in America, a light one-horse, four-wheeled vehicle with one seat; in
England, two-wheeled; in India, provided with a hood to ward off the sun.
[By some conn. with BOGIE; ety. really quite unknown.]
BUGLE, b[=u]'gl, BUGLE-HORN, b[=u]'gl-horn, _n._ a hunting-horn, originally
a buffalo-horn: a treble musical instrument, usually made of copper, like
the trumpet, but having the bell less expanded and the tube shorter and
more conical: (_Spens._) a buffalo or wild ox--dim. B[=U]'GLET.--_v.i._
B[=U]'GLE, to sound a bugle.--_n._ B[=U]'GLER, one who plays upon the
bugle. [O. Fr. _bugle_;--L. _buculus_, dim. of _bos_, an ox.]
BUGLE, b[=u]'gl, _n._ a slender elongated kind of bead, usually
black.--_adj._ (_Shak._) like bugles. [Prob. conn. with Low L. _bugulus_;
prob. obscurely conn. with Dut. _beugel_, a ring.]
BUGLE, b[=u]'gl, _n._ a palæarctic genus of plants of the natural order
_Labiatæ_, with blue or sometimes white or purple flowers. [Fr., It.
_bugola_--Low L. _bugula_, _bugillo_.]
BUGLOSS, b[=u]'glos, _n._ a name popularly applied to many plants of the
natural order _Boragineæ_, more strictly to _Anchusa arvensis_, a common
weed in corn-fields in Britain. [Fr. _buglosse_--L. _buglossa_--Gr.
_bougl[=o]ssos_--_bous_, ox, _gl[=o]ssa_, tongue.]
BUGONG, b[=u]'gong, _n._ a noctuoid moth.
BUHL, b[=u]l, _n._ unburnished gold, brass, or mother-of-pearl worked in
patterns for inlaying: furniture ornamented with such. [From André Charles
_Boule_ (1642-1732), a cabinet-maker in the service of Louis XIV.]
BUHRSTONE, bur'st[=o]n, _n._ a variety of quartz, containing many small
empty cells, which give it a peculiar roughness of surface, particularly
adapting it for millstones.--Often BURR'-STONE. [Perh. conn. with BURR,
from its roughness.]
BUILD, bild, _v.t._ to erect, as a house or bridge: to form or construct,
as a railway, &c.--_v.i._ to depend (with _on_, _upon_):--_pa.p._ built or
build'ed.--_n._ construction: make.--_ns._ BUILD'ER, one who builds, or who
controls the actual work of building; BUILD'ING, the art of erecting
houses, &c.: anything built: a house.--_p.adj._ BUILT, formed or
shaped.--BUILD IN, to enclose by building; BUILD UP, to close up by
building, as a door: to erect any edifice, as a reputation: to edify
spiritually, as the church. [A.S. _gebyld_, _bold_, a dwelling, from an
assumed _byldan_, to build.]
BUIRDLY, bürd'li, _adj._ stalwart, large and well made. [_Scot._, a variant
of BURLY.]
BUISSON, bw[=e]-song, _n._ a fruit-tree trained on a low stem, the branches
closely pruned. [Fr.]
BUIST, büst, _n._ (_Scot._) a mark put on sheep or cattle to indicate
ownership: a box.--_v.t._ to mark with such. [Ety. dub.]
BUKSHI, BUKSHEE, buk'sh[=e], _n._ the paymaster in native Indian states.
[Hind. _bakshi_--_baksh_, pay.]
BULB, bulb, _n._ an onion-like root: any protuberance or enlargement
resembling such.--_v.i._ to form bulbs: to bulge out or swell.--_adjs._
BUL'BAR, BULBED, BUL'BOUS, BULB[=A]'CEOUS, BULB'IFORM, BULBIF'EROUS,
BUL'BOSE, BUL'BY.--_ns._ BUL'BULE, a little bulb: a young bulb which grows
from an old one; BUL'BUS, a bulb. [L. _bulbus_--Gr. _bolbos_, an onion.]