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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Bŭ'bo, n. p. 170(Anat.) The groin. 2. (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, particularly in the groin or axilla. Dunglison.Bu-bŏn'o-cēle, n. p. 170(Med.) A tumor in the groin, formed by a prolapsus of the intestines or omentum, or both; hernia inguinalis, or inguinal rupture.Bŭ'bu-kle, n. p. 170A red pimple. [Obs.] Shak.Bŭc'cal, a. p. 170Pertaining to the cheek. Buccal glands, the small salivary glands situated on the inside of the cheeks, between the mucous membrane of the mouth and the muscles.Bŭc'can, n. p. 170A grating or hurdle made of sticks.Bŭc'can, v. t. p. 170To cut into long pieces, salt, and smoke on a buccan, as beef. Ogilvie.Bŭc'ca-neer' or Bŭc'a-nīēr', n. p. 170A robber upon the sea; a pirate;—a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers, chiefly English and French, who combined to make depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th…Bŭc'ca-neer', v. i. p. 170To act the part of a pirate or sea-robber.Bŭc'cel-lā'tion, n. p. 170The act of breaking into large pieces. [Rare.] Harris.Būc'ci-nal, a. p. 170Trumpet shaped.Būc'çi-nā'tor, n. p. 170(Anat.) A muscle of the cheek, inserted into the angle of the mouth; — so called from its use in blowing the trumpet.Bu-cen'taur, n. p. 170(Myth.) A fabulous monster, half ox and half man. Brande. 2. [Ital. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used in going to the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.Bū'çe-rŏs, n. p. 170(Ornith.) A genus of large birds, of the order of Perchers (Passeres), inhabiting the warmer countries of Africa and Asia. The name hornbill is common to the different species. The…Būch'ol-zīte, n. p. 170(Min.) A fibrous mineral of great hardness, and of a grayish or yellowish color, consisting of silex and alumina; — identical with Sillimanite.Bū'chu, n. p. 170(Bot.) A plant (Diosma crenata) used for diseases of the bladder. Dunglison.Bück, n. p. 170Lye in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching; the liquor in which clothes are washed. 2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed; a wash of clothes. Shak.Bück, v. t. p. 170To soak or steep in lye, a process in bleaching; to wash or steep in lye or suds. Shak. 2. (Mining.) To break up or pulverize, as ores.Bŭck, n. p. 170Buck, or Fallow Deer. 1, dag of pricket, or buck-fawn, of second year; 2, horn of sorel, or of third year; 3, horn of sore, or of fourth year; 4, horn of buck, or of fifth year and after; t, tines; s…Bŭck, v. i. p. 170To copulate as bucks and does.Bück'-bās/ket, n. p. 170A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak.Bück'bēan, n. p. 170A plant, the marsh-trefoil. See BOGBEAN.Bück'bōard or Bück'wäg'on, n. p. 170A rude four-wheeled vehicle, consisting of a long board resting on the two axletrees, and carrying a seat or seats placed transversely upon it.Buck'er, n. p. 170(Mining.) One who bucks or bruises ore. Weale.Bück'et, n. p. 170A vessel for drawing up water, as from a well, or for carrying water or other liquids. The toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells. Cowper. The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The…Bŭck'et-y, n. p. 170Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan.Bŭck'eye, n. p. 170(Bot.) A tree, the Æsculus flava (Pavia flava, Decand.), indigenous in the Western States. Æsculus glabra is the fetid or Ohio buckeye, and Æsculus paria the red buckeye. 2. An inhabitant of Ohio; —…Bŭck'-eyed, a. p. 170Having bad or speckled eyes. “A buck-eyed horse.” White.Bŭck'ie, n. p. 170A univalve marine shell, particularly the Fusus antiquus, the shell of which is the “roaring buckie” in which children hear the sound of the sea. [Scot.]Devil's buckie p. 170a perverse, refractory youngster: a mischievous madcap. [Scot.] Ogilvie.Bŭck'ing, n. p. 170The act or process of soaking cloth in lye for bleaching; also, the lye or liquor; a washing. Tomlinson. 2. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.Bŭck'ing-ī'ron, n. p. 170(Mining.) A small, flat, iron tool, used in bucking or breaking up ores.Bück'ing-kier, n. p. 170(Manuf.) A large circular boiler, or kier, of peculiar construction, used in bleaching. Tomlinson.Bück'ing-plāte, n. p. 170(Mining.) An iron plate on which the ore is placed for being bucked.Bŭck'ing-stōol, n. p. 170A washing-block.Bŭck'ish, a. p. 170Pertaining to a buck, or to gay young fellows; foppish.Bück'ism, n. p. 170The quality of a buck; foppery. [Rare.] Ogilvie.Bŭck'le, n. p. 170An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of a rim with a movable tongue or catch, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the rim, and…Bŭck'le, v. t. p. 170To fasten with a buckle, or buckles. 2. To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; to set stoutly at work; — generally reflexively. Hereupon Cartwright buckled himself to the…Bŭck'le, v. i. p. 170To bend; to bow. “Melted and buckled with the heat of the fire like parchment.” Pepys. 2. To enter upon some labor or contest; to struggle; to contend. The bishop was as able and ready to buckle with…Bück'ler, n. p. 170A kind of shield, or piece of defensive armor, anciently used in war. It was often four feet long, and covered the whole body. Pillowed on buckler cold and hard. W. Scott. 2. (Paleon.) The anterior…Bück'ler, v. t. p. 170To shield; to defend. [Obs.] Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree? Shak.Bŭck'ler-hĕad/ed, a. p. 170Having a head like a buckler.Bück'ler-müs'tard, n. p. 170(Bot.) A genus of small annual or perennial hispid plants, with small bright yellow flowers; the Biscutella (from bis and scutella, in allusion to the form of its seed-vessels when bursting). London.Bŭck'ler-thôrn, n. p. 170A plant with seed-vessels shaped like a buckler. See CHRIST'S-THORN.Bück'-māst, n. p. 170The mast or fruit of the beech-tree. Johnson.Bück'ra, n. p. 170A white man;—a term used by the blacks of the African coast, the West Indies, and the Southern States.Bŭck'rā, a. p. 170White; as, buckra yam, a white yam. Bartlett.Bück'ram, n. p. 170A coarse linen cloth, stiffened with glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover cloths and other merchandise. 2. (pl.) Wild garlic. Johnson.Bück'ram, a. p. 170Made of buckram; as, buckram suit. 2. Stiff; precise. “Buckram dames.” Brooke.Bück'ram, v. t. p. 171To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cooper.Bŭck's'-hŏrn, n. p. 171(Bot.) A species of Lobelia (Lobelia coronopifolia).Bŭck'skin, n. p. 171The skin of a buck; a kind of leather. 2. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war. Cornwallis fought as long's he dought, An' did the buckskins claw…Bück'stall, n. p. 171A toil or net to take deer.Bück'thōrn, n. p. 171(Bot.) A genus of plants, called Rhamnus, of many species. The common purging buckthorn grows to the height of twelve or fourteen feet, and bears a black berry, which, when green, is used to dye…Sea-buckthorn p. 171a genus of plants called Hippophae.Bŭck'wheat, n. p. 171(Bot.) A plant (the Fagopyrum esculentum), of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used as a grain;—called also brank.Bu-cö'lic or Bu-cö'lic-al, a. p. 171Relating to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.Bu-cŏl'ic, n. p. 171A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.Bu-cră'ni-a, n. pl. p. 171(Arch.) Sculptured ornaments, representing ox-skulls adorned with wreaths, &c. Fairholt.Bŭd, n. p. 171A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower. 2. A prominence on certain animals of inferior…