3. Etym: [Cf. Buffer.]
Defn: To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
BUFFETBuf"fet, v. i.
1. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. Shak.
2. To make one's way by blows or struggling. Strove to buffet to land in vain. Tennyson.
BUFFETERBuf"fet*er, n.
Defn: One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson.
BUFFETINGBuf"fet*ing, n.
1. A striking with the hand.
2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt.
BUFFINBuf"fin, n. Etym: [So called from resembling buff
Defn: A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns. [Obs.]
BUFFING APPARATUSBuff"ing ap`pa*ra"tus.
Defn: See Buffer, 1.
BUFFLEBuf"fle, n. Etym: [OE., from F. buffle. See Buffalo.]
Defn: The buffalo. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
BUFFLEBuf"fle, v. i.
Defn: To puzzle; to be at a loss. [Obs.] Swift.
BUFFLEHEADBuf"fle*head`, n. Etym: [Buffle + head.]
1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.] What makes you stare so, bufflehead Plautus (trans. 1694).
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.
BUFFLE-HEADEDBuf"fle-head`ed, a.
Defn: Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering.[Obs.]So fell this buffle-headed giant. Gayton.
BUFFOBuf"fo, n.masc. Etym: [It. See Buffoon.] (Mus.)
Defn: The comic actor in an opera.
BUFFOON Buf*foon", n. Etym: [F. bouffon (cf. It. buffone, buffo, buffa, puff of wind, vanity, nonsense, trick), fr. bouffer to puff out, because the buffoons puffed out their cheeks for the amusement of the spectators. See Buffet a blow.]
Defn: A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.
BUFFOONBuf*foon", a.
Defn: Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon. "Buffoon stories."Macaulay.To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.Melmoth.
BUFFOONBuf*foon", v. i.
Defn: To act the part of a buffoon. [R.]
BUFFOONBuf*foon", v. t.
Defn: To treat with buffoonery. Glanvill.
BUFFOONERYBuf*foon"er*y, n.; pl. Buffooneries. Etym: [F. bouffonnerie.]
Defn: The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a "What makes you blush" Spectator.
BUFFOONISHBuf*foon"ish, a.
Defn: Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures. Blair.
BUFFOONISMBuf*foon"ism, n.
Defn: The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
BUFFOONLYBuf*foon"ly, a.
Defn: Low; vulgar. [R.]Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse. Goodman.
BUFFYBuff"y, a. (Med.)
Defn: Resembling, or characterized by, buff. Buffy coat, the coagulated plasma of blood when the red corpuscles have so settled out that the coagulum appears nearly colorless. This is common in diseased conditions where the corpuscles run together more rapidly and in denser masses than usual. Huxley.
BUFOBu"fo, n. Etym: [L. bufo a toad.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.
BUFONITEBu"fon*ite, n. Etym: [L. bufo toad: cf. F. bufonite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oölite and chalk formations; toadstone; — so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.
BUG Bug, n. Etym: [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. Bogey, Boggle.]
1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A general name applied to various insects belonging to theHemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
Note: According to present popular usage in England, and among housekeepers in America, bug, when not joined with some qualifying word, is used specifically for bedbug. As a general term it is used very loosely in America, and was formerly used still more loosely in England. "God's rare workmanship in the ant, the poorest bug that creeps." Rogers (Naaman). "This bug with gilded wings." Pope. Bait bug. See under Bait. — Bug word, swaggering or threatening language. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
BUGABOO; BUGBEARBug`a*boo", Bug"bear`, n. Etym: [See Bug.]
Defn: Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary thatcauses needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also,something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc. "Bugaboosto fright ye." Lloyd.But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of figure and asmall estate. Pope.The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. S. B. Griffin.The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. J. Burroughs.
Syn.— Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow.
BUGBANEBug"bane`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceæ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.
BUGBEARBug"bear`, n.
Defn: Same as Bugaboo.— a.
Defn: Causing needless fright. Locke.
BUGBEARBug"bear`, v. t.
Defn: To alarm with idle phantoms.
BUGFISHBug"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The menhaden. [U.S.]
BUGGER Bug"ger, n. Etym: [F. bougre, fr. LL. Bulgarus, a Bulgarian, and also a heretic; because the inhabitants of Bulgaria were infected with heresy. Those guilty of the crime of buggery were called heretics, because in the eyes of their adversaries there was nothing more heinous than heresy, and it was therefore thought that the origin of such a vice could only be owing to heretics.]
1. One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.
2. A wretch; — sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement. [Low]
BUGGERYBug"ger*y, n. Etym: [OF. bougrerie, bogrerie, heresy. See Bugger.]
Defn: Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy.
BUGGINESSBug"gi*ness, n. Etym: [From Buggy, a.]
Defn: The state of being infested with bugs.
BUGGYBug"gy, a. Etym: [From Bug.]
Defn: Infested or abounding with bugs.
BUGGYBug"gy, n.; pl. Buggies.
1. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. [Eng.] Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to the race in a buggy. Beaconsfield.
2. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top. [U.S.] Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver. — Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; — called also sulky plow.
BUGLEBu"gle, n. Etym: [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF. bugle, fr.L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox. See Cow theanimal.]
Defn: A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. E. Phillips.
BUGLEBu"gle, n. Etym: [See Bugle a wild ox.]
1. A horn used by hunters.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; — called also the Kent bugle.
BUGLE Bu"gle, n. Etym: [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G. bügel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.]
Defn: An elingated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.
BUGLEBu"gle, a. Etym: [From Bugle a bead.]
Defn: Jet black. "Bugle eyeballs." Shak.
BUGLEBu"gle, n. Etym: [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of theOld World. Yellow bugle, the Ajuga chamæpitys.
BUGLEDBu"gled, a.
Defn: Ornamented with bugles.
BUGLE HORNBu"gle horn`.
1. A bugle.One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Sir W.Scott.
2. A drinking vessel made of horn. [Obs.] And drinketh of his bugle horn the wine. Chaucer.
BUGLERBu"gler, n.
Defn: One who plays on a bugle.
BUGLEWEEDBu"gle*weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.
BUGLOSS Bu"gloss, n.; pl. Buglosses. Etym: [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. — Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.
BUGWORTBug"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Bugbane.
BUHL; BUHLWORKBuhl, Buhl"work, n. Etym: [From A.Ch.Boule, a French carver in wood.]
Defn: Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. [Written also boule, boulework.]
BUHLBUHLBuhl"buhl, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Bulbul.
BUHRSTONEBuhr"stone`, n. Etym: [OE. bur a whetstone for scythes.] (Min.)
Defn: A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. [Written also burrstone.]
BUILD Build, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Built; p. pr. & vb. n. Building. The regular imp. & p. p. Builded is antiquated.] Etym: [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. bol farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, böle, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. sq. root97.]
1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise. Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. Milton.
2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means. Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. Shak.
3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; — frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution. I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. Acts xx. 32.
Syn.— To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
BUILDBuild, v. i.
1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
2. To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.
BUILDBuild, n.
Defn: Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.
BUILDERBuild"er, n.
Defn: One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.
BUILDINGBuild"ing, n.
1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall.
2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. Hosking.
3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc. Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. Shak.
BUILTBuilt, n.
Defn: Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.[Obs.] Dryden.
BUILTBuilt, a.
Defn: Formed; shaped; constructed; made; — often used in compositionand preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built,clipper-built, etc.Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly built. Landor.
BUKE MUSLINBuke" mus"lin.
Defn: See Book muslin.
BUKSHISHBuk"shish, n.
Defn: See Backsheesh.
BULAUBu"lau, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.
BULBBulb, n. Etym: [L. bulbus, Gr. bulbe.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certainbulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta. Bulb of the eye, theeyeball.— Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair originates.— Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often calledsimply bulb.— Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained inthe cavity of the tooth.
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. Tomlinson.
BULBBulb, v. i.
Defn: To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
BULBACEOUSBul*ba"ceous, a. Etym: [L. bulbaceus. See Bulb, n.]
Defn: Bulbous. Jonson.
BULBARBulb"ar, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.
BULBEDBulbed, a.
Defn: Having a bulb; round-headed.
BULBELBulb"el, n. Etym: [Dim., fr. bulb, n.] (Bot.)
Defn: A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.
BULBIFEROUSBul*bif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Bulb,n.+ -ferous: cf. F. bulbifère.] (Bot.)
Defn: Producing bulbs.
BULBILBulb"il, n. [Dim. fr. bulb.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost exclusively: An aërial bulb or deciduous bud, produced in the leaf axils, as in the tiger lily, or relpacing the flowers, as in some onions, and capable, when separated, of propagating the plant; — called also bulblet and brood bud.
2. (Anat.) A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube.
BULBLETBulb"let, n. Etym: [Bulb,n.+ -let.] (Bot.)
Defn: A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aërial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
BULBOSEBul*bose", a.
Defn: Bulbous.
BULBO-TUBERBul"bo-tu`ber, n. Etym: [Bulb,n.+ tuber.] (Bot.)
Defn: A corm.
BULBOUSBulb"ous, a. Etym: [L. bulbosus: cf. F. bulbeux. See Bulb, n.]
Defn: Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
BULBULBul"bul, n. Etym: [Per.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidæ. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera. [Written also buhlbuhl.]
BULBULEBul"bule, n. Etym: [L. bulbulus, dim. of bulbus. See Bulb, n.]
Defn: A small bulb; a bulblet.
BULCHINBul"chin, n. Etym: [Dim. of bull.]
Defn: A little bull.
BULGE Bulge, n. Etym: [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. bolginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b to be large, strong; the root meaning to swell. Cf. Bilge, Belly, Billow, Bouge, n.]
1. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
2. A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2. Bulge ways. (Naut.) SeeBilge ways.
BULGEBulge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulged (; p. pr. & vb.n. Bulging.]
1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
2. To bilge, as a ship; to founder. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. Broome.
BULGERBul"ger, n. [From Bulge.] (Golf)
Defn: A driver or a brassy with a convex face.
BULGYBul"gy, a.
Defn: Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.[Colloq.]
BULIMIA; BULIMYBu*lim"i*a, Bu"li*my, n. Etym: [NL. bulimia, fr. Gr. boulimie.](Med.)
Defn: A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.
BULIMUSBu*li"mus, n. Etym: [L. bulimus hunger. See Bulimy.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous ingabundant in tropical America.
BULKBulk, n. Etym: [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod,OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile aboil, Bulge, n.]
1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon.
2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." J. Morley.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
4. The body. [Obs.] Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. Turbervile. Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. — To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. — In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. — Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. — Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.
Syn. — Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.
BULKBulk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bulking.]
Defn: To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. LeslieStephen.
BULKBulk, n. Etym: [Icel. balkr a beam, partition. Cf. Balk, n. & v.]
Defn: A projecting part of a building. [Obs.]Here, stand behind this bulk. Shak.
BULKERBulk"er, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
BULKHEADBulk"head`, n. Etym: [See Bulk part of a building.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front. Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; — usually, the harbor line.
BULKINESSBulk"i*ness, n.
Defn: Greatness in bulk; size.
BULKYBulk"y, a.
Defn: Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne.
BULLBull, n. Etym: [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel.boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr. the root ofAS. bellan, E. bellow.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope.
2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. Ps. xxii. 12.
3. (Astron.) (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. Thomson.
4. (Stock Exchange)
Defn: One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5. Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them. — John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." W. D.Howells. — To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.
BULLBull, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;fierce. Bull bat (Zoöl.), the night hawk; — so called from the loudnoise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening.— Bull calf. (a) A stupid fellow.— Bull mackerel (Zoöl.), the chub mackerel.— Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, inwhich the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.— Bull snake (Zoöl.), the pine snake of the United States.— Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag.— Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound forlifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.
BULLBull, v. i.
Defn: To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]
BULLBull, v. t. (Stock Exchange)
Defn: To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
BULL Bull, n. Etym: [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob, LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. Bull a writing, Bowl a ball, Boil, v. i.]
1. A seal. See Bulla.
2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief. A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses. Atterbury.
3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility. And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic. Milton. The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; — so called from its golden seal.
Syn.— See Blunder.
BULLABul"la, n.; pl. Bullæ (. Etym: [L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
3. A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
BULLACE Bul"lace, n. Etym: [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.
BULLANTICBul*lan"tic, a. Etym: [See Bull an edict.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. Fry. Bullantic letters,Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
BULLARY Bul"la*ry, n. Etym: [LL. bullarium: cf. F. bullairie. See Bull an edict.]
Defn: A collection of papal bulls.
BULLARYBul"la*ry, n.; pl. Bullaries. Etym: [Cf. Boilary.]
Defn: A place for boiling or preparating salt; a boilery. Crabb.And certain salt fats or bullaries. Bills in Chancery.
BULLATEBul"late, a. Etym: [L. bullatus, fr. bulla bubble.] (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
BULLBEGGARBull"beg`gar, n.
Defn: 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 BRIERBull" bri`er. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
BULLCOMBERBull"comb*er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhæus vulgaris of Europe.
BULLDOGBull"dog`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; — so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.
2. (Metal.)
Defn: A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
BULLDOGBull"dog`, a.
Defn: 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.
BULLDOZEBull"doze`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bulldozed; p. pr. & vb.n.Bulldozing.]
Defn: To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; — used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
BULLDOZERBull"do`zer, n.
Defn: One who bulldozes. [Slang]
BULLEDBulled, a. Etym: [Cf. Boln.]
Defn: Swollen. [Obs.]
BULLEN-BULLENBul"len-bul"len, n. Etym: [Native Australian name, from its cry.](Zoöl.)
Defn: The lyre bird.
BULLEN-NAILBul"len-nail`, n. Etym: [Bull large, having a large head + nail.]
Defn: A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.
BULLET Bul"let, n. Etym: [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.]
1. A small ball.
2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
3. A cannon ball. [Obs.] A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. Stow.
4. The fetlock of a horse.
Note: [See Illust. under Horse.]
BULLETIN Bul"le*tin, n. Etym: [F. bulletin, fr. It. bullettino, dim. of bulletta, dim. of bulla, bolla, an edict of the pope, from L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.]
1. A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.
2. Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.
3. A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society. Bulletin board, a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.
BULLET-PROOFBul"let-proof`, a.
Defn: Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. SeeBully tree.— Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
BULLFACEDBull"faced`, a.
Defn: Having a large face.
BULLFEASTBull"feast`, n.
Defn: See Bullfight. [Obs.]
BULLFIGHT; BULLFIGHTINGBull"fight`, Bull"fight`ing, n.
Defn: A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment,and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, —still popular in Spain.— Bull"fight`er (, n.
BULLFINCHBull"finch`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.
Note: As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable power of learning to whistle correctly various musical airs. Crimson-fronted bullfinch. (Zoöl.) See Burion. — Pine bullfinch, the pine finch.
BULLFIST; BULLFICE Bull"fist, Bull"fice, n. Etym: [Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist.] (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of fungus. See Puffball.
BULL FLY; BULLFLYBull" fly` or Bull"fly`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies.
BULLFROGBull"frog`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in NorthAmerica; — so named from its loud bellowing in spring.
BULLHEADBull"head`, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; — called also miller's thumb. (b) In America, several species of Amiurus; — called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout. (c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); — called also beetlehead. (b) The golden plover.
3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] Jonson.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small black water insect. E. Phillips. Bullhead whiting(Zoöl.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus).
BULLHEADEDBull"head`ed, a.
Defn: Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.
BULLION Bul"lion, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. bullyon a hook used for fastening the dress, a button, stud, an embossed ornament of various kinds, e.g., on the cover of a book, on bridles or poitrels, for purses, for breeches and doublets, LL. bullio the swelling of boiling water, a mass of gold or silver, fr. L. bulla boss, stud, bubble (see Bull an edict), or perh. corrupted fr. billon base coin, LL. billio bullion. Cf. Billon, Billet a stick.]
1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.
Note: Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate. The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin.
2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.] And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, And damm for bullion, go for current now. Sylvester.
3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.] The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. Skelton.
4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
BULLIONISTBul"lion*ist, n.
Defn: An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.
BULLIRAGBul"li*rag, v. t. Etym: [Cf. bully,n.& v., and rag to scold, rail.Cf. Ballarag.]
Defn: To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.[Low]
BULLISHBull"ish, a.
Defn: Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder. Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as bullish. Milton.
BULLISTBull"ist, n. Etym: [F. bulliste. See Bull an edict.]
Defn: A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.] Harmar.
BULLITION Bul*li"tion, n. Etym: [L. bullire, bullitum, to boil. See Boil, v. i.]
Defn: The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition. Bacon.
BULL MOOSE Bull Moose. (U. S. Politics) (a) A follower of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912; — a sense said to have originated from a remark made by Roosevelt on a certain occasion that he felt "like a bull moose." [Cant] (b) The figure of a bull moose used as the party symbol of the Progressive party in the presidential campaign of 1912. — Bull Mooser. [Cant]
BULL-NECKEDBull"-necked`, a.
Defn: Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. Sir W.Scott.
BULLOCKBul"lock, n. Etym: [AS. bulluc a young bull. See Bull.]
1. A young bull, or any male of the ox kind. Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old. Judges vi. 25.
2. An ox, steer, or stag.
BULLOCKBul"lock, v. t.
Defn: To bully. [Obs.]She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me. Foote.
BULLOCK'S-EYEBul"lock's-eye`, n.
Defn: See Bull's-eye, 3.
BULLONBul"lon, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis).
BULLPOUTBull"pout`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Bullhead, 1 (b).
BULL-ROARERBull"-roar`er, n.
Defn: A contrivance consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with which the slat is whirled so as to cause an intermittent roaring noise. It is used as a toy, and among some races in certain religious rites.
BULL'S-EYEBull's"-eye`, n.
1. (Naut.)
Defn: A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
2. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
3. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
4. A circular or oval opening for air or light.
5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. Dickens.
6. (Astron.)
Defn: Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
7. (Archery & Gun.)
Defn: The center of a target.
8. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.]
BULL'S-NOSEBull's"-nose`, n. (Arch.)
Defn: An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
BULL TERRIERBull" ter"ri*er. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.
BULL TROUT 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.
BULLWEEDBull"weed`, n. Etym: [Bole a stem + weed.] (Bot.)
Defn: Knapweed. Prior.
BULLWORTBull"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Bishop's-weed.
BULLY Bul"ly, n.; pl. Bullies (. Etym: [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.
2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
BULLYBul"ly, a.
1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.
2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
BULLYBul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.]
Defn: To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward. For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. Tatler.
Syn.— To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
BULLYBul"ly, v. i.
Defn: To act as a bully.
BULLY; BULLY BEEF Bul"ly, n., Bul"ly beef`. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See Boil, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.]
Defn: Pickled or canned beef.
BULLYRAGBul"ly*rag, v. t.
Defn: Same as Bullirag.
BULLYROCKBul"ly*rock`, n.
Defn: A bully. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
BULLY TREEBul"ly tree`. (Bot.)
Defn: The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceæ, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.
BULRUSH Bul"rush`, n. Etym: [OE. bulrysche, bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush.] (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
Note: The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the cat- tail (Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia) and to the lake club-rush (Scirpus lacustris); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
BULSEBulse, n.
Defn: A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.[India] Macaulay.
BULTELBul"tel, n. Etym: [LL. bultellus. See Bolt to sift.]
Defn: A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]
BULTIBul"ti, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Bolty.
BULTONGBul"tong, n.
Defn: Biltong.
BULTOWBul"tow`, n.
Defn: A trawl; a boulter; the mod
BULWARKBul"wark, n. Etym: [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw. bolwerk,Dan. bolvärk, bulvärk, rampart; akin to G. bohle plank, and werkwork, defense. See Bole stem, and Work, n., and cf. Boulevard.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. Blackstone.
3. pl. (Naut.)
Defn: The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
Syn.— See Rampart.
BULWARKBul"wark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bulwarked (; p. pr. & vb.n.Bulwarking.]
Defn: To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure byfortification; to protect.Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With rising towers.Glover.
BUMBum, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.]
Defn: The buttock. [Low] Shak.
BUMBum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bummed (; p. pr. & vb.n. Bumming ( Etym:[See Boom, v. i., to roar.]
Defn: To make murmuring or humming sound. Jamieson.
BUMBum, n.
Defn: A humming noise. Halliwell.
BUMBAILIFFBum"bail"iff, n. Etym: [A corruption of bound bailiff.] [Low, Eng.]
Defn: See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.
BUMBARDBum"bard.
Defn: See Bombard. [Obs.]
BUMBARGEBum"barge`, n.
Defn: See Bumboat. Carlyle.
BUMBASTBum"bast.
Defn: See Bombast. [Obs.]
BUMBELOBum"be*lo, n.; pl. Bumbeloes. Etym: [It. bombola.]
Defn: A glass used in subliming camphor. [Spelled also bombolo and bumbolo.]
BUMBLEBum"ble, n. Etym: [See Bump to boom.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
BUMBLEBum"ble, v. i.
Defn: To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; tocry as a bittern.As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer.
BUMBLEBEE Bum"ble*bee`, n. Etym: [OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v.i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; — so named from its sound.
Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
BUMBLEPUPPYBum"ble*pup`py, n. [Origin unknown; cf. Bumble, n.]
1.
Defn: The old game of nineholes.
2. (Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way.
BUMBOAT Bum"boat`, n. Etym: [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat.] (Naut.)
Defn: A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
BUMKINBum"kin, n. Etym: [Boom a beam + -kin. See Bumpkin.] (Naut.)
Defn: A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) Onr from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]
BUMMALOBum"ma*lo, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; — called also Bombay duck.
BUMMERBum"mer, n.
Defn: An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. [Slang, U.S.]
BUMMERYBum"me*ry, n.
Defn: See Bottomery. [Obs.] There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond. R. North.
BUMPBump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.] Etym:[Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v.i.,boom to roar.]
Defn: To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
BUMPBump, v. i.
Defn: To come in violent contact with something; to thump. "Bumping and jumping." Southey.
BUMPBump, n. Etym: [From Bump to strike, to thump.]
1. A thump; a heavy blow.
2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance. It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. Shak.
3. (Phren.)
Defn: One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness." [Colloq.]
4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
BUMPBump, v. i. Etym: [See Boom to roar.]
Defn: To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; toboom.As a bittern bumps within a reed. Dryden.
BUMPBump, n.
Defn: The noise made by the bittern.
BUMPER Bum"per, n. Etym: [A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel.]
1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast. He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson.
2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [Cant]
BUMPERBump"er, n.
1. That which bumps or causes a bump.
2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
BUMPKIN Bump"kin, n. Etym: [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave defines thus: "Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde." Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a pole.]
Defn: An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout."Bashful country bumpkins." W. Irving.
BUMPTIOUSBump"tious, a.
Defn: Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
BUMPTIOUSNESSBump"tious*ness, n.
Defn: Conceitedness. [Colloq.]
BUN; BUNN Bun, Bunn, n. Etym: [Scot. bun, bunn, OE. bunne, bonne; fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. bunna, Gael. bonnach, or OF. bugne tumor, Prov. F. bugne a kind of pancake; akin to OHG. bungo bulb, MHG. bunge, Prov. E. bung heap, cluster, bunny a small swelling.]
Defn: A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.
BUNCH Bunch, n. Etym: [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.]
1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. Isa. xxx. 6.
2. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.
3. (Mining)
Defn: A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. Page.
BUNCHBunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Buncheder (p. pr. & vb.n. Bunchinger.]
Defn: To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant orround.Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.
BUNCHBunch, v. t.
Defn: To form into a bunch or bunches.
BUNCH-BACKEDBunch"-backed`, a.
Defn: Having a bunch on the back; crooked. "Bunch-backed toad." Shak.
BUNCHBERRYBunch"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.
BUNCH GRASSBunch" grass`. (Bot.)
Defn: A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.
BUNCHINESSBunch"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.
BUNCHYBunch"y, a.
1. Swelling out in bunches. An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled. Phaer.
2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.
3. (Mining)
Defn: Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine. Page.
BUNCOMBE; BUNKUMBun"combe, Bun"kum, n. Etym: [Buncombe a country of North Carolina.]
Defn: Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [Cant or Slang, U.S.] All that flourish about right of search was bunkum — all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. Haliburton. To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly.
Note: "The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous 'Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker — a naïve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent country of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the 'Question,' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He preserved, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to 'make a speech for Buncombe.'" W. Darlington.
BUNDBund, n. Etym: [G.]
Defn: League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
BUNDBund, n. Etym: [Hindi band.]
Defn: An embankment against inundation. [India] S. Wells Williams.
BUNDERBun"der, n. Etym: [Pers. bandar a landing place, pier.]
Defn: A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.
BUNDESRATH Bun"des*rath`, n. Etym: [G., from bund (akin to E. bond) confederacy + rath council, prob. akin to E. read.]
Defn: The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.
Note: The Bundesrath of the German empire is presided over by a chancellor, and is composed of sixty-two members, who represent the different states of the empire, being appointed for each session by their respective governments. By this united congress, the highest tribunal of Switzerland, — the Bundesrath — is chosen, and the head of this is a president. J. P. Peters (Trans. Müller's Pol. Hist. ).
BUNDES-VERSAMMLUNG Bun"des-Ver*samm"lung, n. [G.; bund confederacy + versammlung assembly.]
Defn: See Legislature, Switzerland.
BUNDLEBun"dle, n. Etym: [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel,G. bündel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.]
Defn: A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes. The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith. Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. Weale.
BUNDLEBun"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bundled (p. pr. & vb.n. Bundling (.]
1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony. They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. T. Hook. To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. — To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.
BUNDLEBun"dle, v. i.
1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; — applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. Bartlett. Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. W. Irving.
BUNDOBUSTBun"do*bust, n. [Hind. & Per. bando-bast tying and binding.]
Defn: System; discipline. [India]
He has more bundobust than most men.Kipling.
BUNGBung, n. Etym: [Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout,OGael. buine.]
1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
3. A sharper or pickpocket. [Obs. & Low] You filthy bung, away. Shak.
BUNGBung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging.]
Defn: To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; — with up. To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [Low] He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote).
BUNGALOWBun"ga*low, n. Etym: [Bengalee bangla]
Defn: A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. [India]
BUNGARUMBun"ga*rum, n. Etym: [Bungar, the native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.
BUNGHOLEBung"hole`, n.
Defn: See Bung, n., 2. Shak.
BUNGLEBun"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling.]Etym: [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen tobeat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.]
Defn: To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
BUNGLEBun"gle, v. t.
Defn: To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; —sometimes with up.I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron.