BULDERING, bul'der-ing, _adj._ (_prov._) hot, sultry.
BULGARIAN, bul-g[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ pertaining to _Bulgaria_ or its
language.--_n._ a native of Bulgaria: the Bulgarian language
(Slavonic).--_n._ BUL'GAR, a member of an ancient Finnic or Ugrian tribe
which moved from the Volga towards Bulgaria.--_adj._ BULGAR'IC.--_n._ the
ancient language of the foregoing.
BULGE, bulj, _n._ the widest part of a cask, a round protuberance,
swelling.--_v.i._ to swell out.--_ns._ BUL'GER, a wooden golf-club with a
convex face; BUL'GINESS.--_adj._ BUL'GY--TO GET THE BULGE ON ONE (_slang_),
to get a decided advantage over a person. [O. Fr. _boulge_, prob. L.
_bulga_, a leather knapsack; a Gallic word.]
BULIMY, b[=u]l'i-mi, _n._ an unnatural hunger. [Gr.; _bous_, ox, _limos_,
hunger.]
BULK, bulk, _n._ a stall or framework built in front of a shop.--_n._
BULK'ER, a street thief or strumpet. [Ety. dub.; Prof. Skeat suggests
Scand. _bálk-r_, beam, and Dr Murray quotes also an A.S. _bolca_, gangway
of a ship.]
BULK, bulk, _n._ magnitude or size: the greater part: any huge body or
structure: the whole cargo in the hold of a ship.--_v.i._ to be in bulk: to
be of weight or importance.--_v.t._ to put or hold in bulk.--_ns._
BULK'HEAD, a partition separating one part of the interior of a ship from
another, either transverse or longitudinal, and usually made watertight;
BULK'INESS.--_adj._ BULK'Y, having bulk: of great size,
unwieldy.--COLLISION BULKHEAD, that nearest the bow--usually the only one
in sailing-ships.--TO LOAD IN BULK, to put the cargo in loose; TO SELL IN
BULK, to sell the cargo as it is in the hold: to sell in large quantities.
[Prob. Scand.; Ice. _bulki_, a heap.]
BULL, bool, _n._ the male of the ox kind: an old male whale, fur-seal, &c.:
a sign of the zodiac: one who tries artificially and unduly to raise the
price of stocks, and speculates on a rise.--_adj._ denoting largeness of
size--used in composition, as bull-trout: favourable to the bulls,
rising.--_v.t._ to try to raise, as the price of shares, artificially: to
copulate with a cow, of a bull.--_v.i._ to be in heat, of a cow.--_ns._
BULL'-BAITING, the sport of baiting or exciting bulls with dogs; BULL'-BAT
(_U.S._), the night-hawk or goat-sucker; BULL'-BEEF, the beef or flesh of
bulls, coarse beef: (_Shak._, in _pl._) BULL'-BEEVES; BULL'-BEGG'AR, a
hobgoblin, &c.; BULL'-CALF, a male calf: a stupid fellow, a lout;
BULL'-DANCE, a dance of men only; BULL'DOG, a breed of dogs of great
courage, formerly used for baiting bulls, its general appearance that of a
smooth-coated, compact dog, low in stature, but broad and powerful, with a
massive head, large in proportion to its body: a person of obstinate
courage: a short-barrelled revolver of large calibre: a proctor's attendant
at Oxford and Cambridge.--_v.t._ BULL'-DOSE (_U.S._) to intimidate, bully:
flog.--_n._ BULL'-D[=O]S'ER.--_adj._ BULL'-FACED, having a large
face.--_ns._ BULL'-FIGHT, a popular spectacle in Spain, in which a bull is
goaded to fury in a kind of circus by mounted _picadores_ armed with
lances, and finally despatched by a specially skilful _espada_ or
swordsman; BULL'-FIGHT'ER; BULL'-FINCH, a species of red-breasted finch a
little larger than the common linnet, closely allied to the grossbeaks and
crossbills: a kind of hedge hard to jump; BULL'-FROG, a large North
American frog.--_adj._ BULL'-FRONT'ED, having a front or forehead like a
bull.--_n._ BULL'-HEAD, or _Miller's Thumb_, a small river fish remarkable
for its large, flat head.--_adj._ BULL'-HEAD'ED, impetuous and
obstinate.--_n._ BULL'-HEAD'EDNESS.--_adj._ BULL'ISH.--_ns._ BULL'OCK, an
ox or castrated bull; BULL'-ROAR'ER, a provincial English name for a boy's
plaything, made of an oblong piece of wood, to one end of which a string is
tied, then twisted tightly round the finger, when the whole is whirled
rapidly round and round until a loud and peculiar whirring noise is
produced--the native Australian _turndun_, the _rhombos_ of the Greek
mysteries; BULL'S'-EYE, the central boss formed in making a sheet of blown
glass (hence _adj._ BULL'S'-EYED), a round piece of glass in a lantern, a
policeman's lantern, a round opening or window: the centre of a target, of
a different colour from the rest, and usually round: a thick lump of
coloured or striped candy; BULL'-TERR'IER, a species of dog, a cross-breed
between the bulldog and the terrier; BULL'-TROUT, a large trout of the
salmon genus, also migratory in its habits, often called the _Gray Trout_;
BULL'-WHACK, a heavy whip.--_v.t._ to lash with such.--_n._ BULL'WORT, the
bishop's weed.--BULL INTO, to plunge hastily into.--A BULL IN A CHINA-SHOP,
a synonym for a man who does harm through ignorance or fury, a man
completely out of place.--TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS, to face a danger or
difficulty with courage, to take the initiative boldly in a struggle. [M.E.
_bole_, prob. Scand. _bole_, _boli_; most prob. cog. with BELLOW.]
BULL, bool, _n._ an edict of the pope which has his seal affixed.--_adj._
BULLAN'TIC--_n._ BULL'ARY, a collection of papal bulls. [L. _bulla_, a
knob, a leaden seal.]
BULL, bool, _n._ a ludicrous blunder in speech implying some obvious
absurdity or contradiction, often said to be an especial prerogative of
Irishmen--'I was a fine child, but they changed me.' [Prob. O. Fr. _boul_,
cheat.]
BULL, bool, _n._ drink made by pouring water into a cask that had held
liquor.
BULLA, bool'a, _n._ a round metal ornament worn by ancient Roman children:
a seal attached to a document: anything rounded or globular. [L.]
BULLACE, bool'l[=a]s, _n._ a shrub closely allied to the sloe and the plum,
its fruit making excellent pies or tarts. [O. Fr. _beloce_, of uncertain
origin; prob. Celt.]
BULLATE, bul'[=a]t, _adj._ blistered, inflated--_ns._ BULL[=A]'TION;
BULLES'CENCE.
BULLARY, bul'a-ri, _n._ a house in which salt is prepared by boiling.