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Bullheaded (bụlhĕdĕd), a. Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.
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bullheadedness n. resolute adherence to one's own ideas or desires.
Syn. -- stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will.
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bullhorn n. a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier.
Syn. -- loud-hailer.
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bullied adj. frightened into submission or compliance.
Syn. -- browbeaten, cowed, hangdog, intimidated.
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Bullion (bụlyŭn), n. [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 an edict), or perh. corrupted fr. F. billon base coin, LL. billio bullion. Cf. , a stick.] 1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.
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☞ 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.
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2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.]
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And those which eld's strict doom did disallow,
And damm for bullion, go for current now. Sylvester.
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3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.]
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The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. Skelton.
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4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
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Bullionist, n. An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.
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Bullirag (�), v. t. [Cf. bully,n. & v., and rag to scold, rail. Cf. .] To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger. [Low]
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Bullish (�), a. Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.
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Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as bullish. Milton.
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Bullist, n. [F. bulliste. See an edict.] A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.] Harmar.
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Bullition (�), n. [L. bullire, bullitum, to boil. See , v. i.] The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See . Bacon.
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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]
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bull-necked (�), a. Having a short, thick and muscular neck like that of a bull. Sir W. Scott. [Narrower terms: mesomorphic]
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Bullock (�), n. [AS. bulluc a young bull. See .] 1. A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.
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Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old. Judges vi. 25.
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2. An ox, steer, or stag.
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Bullock, v. t. To bully. [Obs.]
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She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me. Foote.
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Bullock's-eye (�), n. See , 3.
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Bullon (�), n. (Zoöl.) A West Indian fish (Scarus Croicensis).
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bullpen (bụlpĕn), n. (Baseball) 1. an open area in a baseball stadium, off the playing field, where pitchers may warm up by throwing a number of trial pitches before playing.
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2. [collective] the relief pitchers on a baseball team. Contrasted with starters.
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Bullpout (�), n. (Zoöl.) See , 1 (b).
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Bull-roarer (?), n. 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.
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Bull's-eye (�), n. 1. (Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
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2. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
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3. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
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4. A circular or oval opening for air or light.
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5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. Dickens.
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6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
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7. (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target.
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8. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
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9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.]
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10. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; as, to score a bull's eye.
Syn. -- bell ringer, mark.
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bullshit n. a ludicrously false statement. [vulgar]
Syn. -- bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, crapola, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, tommyrot, balderdash, hogwash, dogshit.
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bullshit v. to talk through one's hat. [vulgar]
Syn. -- waffle, bull, fake.
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bullshot n. vodka and beef bouillon or consomme.
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bullsnake, bull snake (b�lsnāk), n. any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes of the genus Pituophis. They include the gopher snake and pine snake.
Syn. -- .
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Bull's-nose (�), n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
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n. 1. by crossing the bulldog with terriers.
Syn. -- bull terrier.
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Bull terrier, bullterrier (bụl tĕrrĭẽr). (Zoöl.) A breed of short-haired terrier dogs originated in England by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.
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Bull trout (�). (Zoöl.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and Salmo 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.
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Bullweed (�), n. [Bole a stem + weed.] (Bot.) Knapweed. Prior.
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Bullwort (�), n. (Bot.) See .
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Bully (bụll�), n.; pl. Bullies (bŭllĭz). [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, who threatens, intimidates, or badgers people who are smaller or weaker than he is; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
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Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. Palmerston.
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2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
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{ Bully (bụll�), n., Bully beef (bụll� bēf) }. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See , v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or canned beef.
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Bully (bụll�), a. 1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] “Bless thee, bully doctor.” Shak.
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2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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Bully, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied (bụllēd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.] To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully{1} toward.
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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.
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Syn. -- To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
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Bully, v. i. To act as a bully{1}.
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bully (bụll�), interj. Well done! Excellent!
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bullying adj. Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
Syn. -- blustery.
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bully pulpit (�), n. An exceptionally advantageous position from which to extol one's ideas; -- applied especially to the presidency of the United States, which was described thus by President Theodore Rossevelt.
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bullyrag (bụllĭrăg), v. t. Same as .
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Bullyrook (bụllĭr�k), n. A bully. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
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Bully tree (bụll� trē). (Bot.) 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.
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Bulrush (bụlrŭsh), n. [OE. bulrysche, bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush.] (Bot.) A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
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☞ The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the cat-tail (Typha latifolia and Typha angustifolia) and to the lake club-rush (Scirpus lacustris); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
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Bulse (�), n. A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc. [India] Macaulay.
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Bultel (�), n. [LL. bultellus. See to sift.] A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]
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Bulti (�), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Bultong (?), n. Biltong.
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Bultow (�), n. A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
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Bulwark (�), n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw. bolwerk, Dan. bolvärk, bulvärk, rampart; akin to G. bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See stem, and , n., and cf. .] 1. (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
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2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
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The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. Blackstone.
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3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck, usually a fencelike structure around the deck.
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Syn. -- See .
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Bulwark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bulwarked (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bulwarking.] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
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Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed
With rising towers. Glover.
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Bum (bŭm), n. [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.] The buttock. [Low] Shak.
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bum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. bummed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. bumming (�).] [See , v. i., to roar.] To make murmuring or humming sound. Jamieson.
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Coloq. to bum around to wander about idly or aimlessly.
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bum (bŭm), v. t. To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; as, to bum a cigarette; to bum a cup of coffee; -- usually with inexpensive items as the object. [informal]
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Bum, n. A humming noise. Halliwell.
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Bumbailiff (�), n. [A corruption of bound bailiff.] [Low, Eng.] See Bound bailiff, under , a.
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Bumbard (�). See . [Obs.]
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Bumbarge (�), n. See . Carlyle.
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Bumbast (�). See . [Obs.]
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Bumbelo (�), n.; pl. Bumbeloes (�). [It. bombola.] A glass used in subliming camphor. [Spelled also bombolo and bumbolo.]
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Bumble (�), n. [See to boom.] (Zoöl.) The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
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Bumble, v. i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern.
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As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer.
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Bumble, v. i. to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with around.
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Bumble, v. t. to bungle (a task).
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Bumblebee (�), n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
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☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
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Bumblepuppy (?), n. [Origin unknown; cf. , n.] 1. The old game of nineholes.
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2. (Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way.
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bumbling adj. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; as, a bumbling mechanic.
Syn. -- bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed.
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Bumboat (�), n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat.] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
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Bumkin (�), n. [Boom a beam + -kin. See .] (Naut.) 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) One 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.]
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Bummalo (�), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.
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bummer (bŭmẽr), n. 1. An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a loafer; a dissipated sponger; one who bums. [Slang, U.S.]
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2. an unpleasant event, experience, or situation; as, getting caught in a cloudburst while wearing my best suit was a bummer. [Slang, U.S.]
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Bummery (�), n. See . [Obs.]
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There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond. R. North.
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Bump (bŭmp; 215), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped (bŭmpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
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Bump, v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. “Bumping and jumping.” Southey.
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Bump (�), n. [From to strike, to thump.] 1. A thump; a heavy blow.
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2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
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It had upon its brow
A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. Shak.
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3. (Phren.) 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.]
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4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]
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Bump, v. i. [See to roar.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
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As a bittern bumps within a reed. Dryden.
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Bump, n. The noise made by the bittern.
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Bumper (�), n. [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.
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He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson.
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2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [Cant]
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Bumper (�), n. 1. That which bumps or causes a bump.
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2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock, such as a metal or rubber rim extending from an object; a buffer.
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3. (Motor vehicles) a protective guard device, usually of metal or rubber, attached horizontally to the front or rear of the frame of a vehicle, designed to resist or deaden a bump or shock, and to prevent damage to the main frame of the vehicle in low-velocity collisions.
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bumper-to-bumper adj. moving slowly with little space between; -- used of road traffic. bumper-to-bumper traffic
Syn. -- crawling.
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Bumpkin (�), n. [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 a pole.] An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout. “Bashful country bumpkins.” W. Irving.
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bumpkinly adj. unsophisticated in a manner resembling a lifelong resident of rural areas; as, bumpkinly country boys.
Syn. -- hick, rustic, unsophisticated.
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Bumptious (�), a. Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
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Bumptiousness, n. Conceitedness. [Colloq.]
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{ Bun, Bunn } (�), n. [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.] 1. any of a variety of slightly sweetened or plain raised cakes or bisquits, often having a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust; as, a hot cross bun.
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2. a type of coiffure in which the hair is gathered into a coil or knot at the top of the head.
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3. pl. the buttocks. [slang]
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BUN n. [acronym] (Med.) same as Coloq. blood urea nitrogen ; the concentration of nitrogen in blood present in the form of urea; -- used as a measure of kidney function. Blood usually contains 10 to 15 mg of nitrogen per 100 ml in the form of urea. Stedman.
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Buna n. [trademark.] a synthetic rubber made by copolymerizing butadiene with another substance such as acrylonitrile or styrene.
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bunce n. a sudden unexpected piece of good fortune.
Syn. -- windfall, gravy, godsend.
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Bunch (bŭnch; 224), n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. .] 1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
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They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. Isa. xxx. 6.
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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.
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3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. Page.
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Bunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunched (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bunching.] To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
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Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.
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Bunch, v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.
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Bunch-backed (�), a. Having a bunch on the back; crooked. “Bunch-backed toad.” Shak.
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Bunchberry (�), n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.
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Bunch grass (�). (Bot.) 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.
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Bunchiness (�), n. The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.
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Bunchy (�), a. 1. Swelling out in bunches.
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An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled. Phaer.
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2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.
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3. (Mining) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine. Page.
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Bunco (�), n. see . [Written also bunko.]
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{ Buncombe, Bunkum } (�), n. [Buncombe a county of North Carolina.] 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.]
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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.
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Coloq. To speak for Buncombe , to speak for mere show, or popularly.
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☞ “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 county 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.
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Bund (�), n. [G.] League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
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Bund (�), n. [Hindi band.] An embankment against inundation. [India] S. Wells Williams.
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Bunder (�), n. [Pers. bandar a landing place, pier.] A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.
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