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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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Buĭlt, n. p. 172Form; shape; general figure of a structure; build. [Obs.] And as the built, so different is the fight: Their mounting shot is on our sails designed. Dryden. 2. Species of building. [Obs.] Temple.Buĭlt, a. p. 172Formed; shaped. “Like the generality of Genoese country-women, strongly built.” Landor.Buĭlt, p. a. p. 172Having the form of; resembling; like; — used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, &c. Built mast, block, or beam, one made of several pieces.Bŭk'shĭsh, n. p. 172A present of money, especially money given to a bĕggar; alms. [India.] [Written also bakshish and buksheesh.]Būl, n. p. 172The common flounder.Bŭlb, n. p. 172(Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually the latter), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as…Bŭlb, v. i. p. 172To swell. To bulb out, to project or be protuberant. [Obs.] Evelyn.Bul-bā'ceoūs, a. p. 172Bulbous. [Obs.] Johnson.Būlbed, a. p. 172Having a bulb; round-headed.Būlb’el, n. p. 172(Bot.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.Bul-bif'er-oŭs, a. p. 172(Bot.) Producing bulbs; as, bulbiferous stems. Loudon.Bŭlb'let, n. p. 172(Bot.) A small bulb growing above ground on some plants, which never becomes a branch, but drops off, and falling to the ground, takes root and forms a new plant. Gray.Bul-bōse' or Bulb'ōus, a. p. 172(Bot.) Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulb-like in shape. Gray.Bŭl'bo-tū'ber, n. p. 172(Bot.) A solid bulb or underground stem, clothed with withered leaves, and producing buds on its surface. Ogilvie.Bŭl'bŭl, n. p. 172The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). Booth.Būl'būle, n. p. 172(Bot.) (a.) A little bulb. (b.) One of the little seeds growing along the vines of plants. Henslow.Bul'chin, n. p. 172A young male calf;— a diminutive of bull. [Obs.] Drayton.Bŭlge, n. p. 172The bilge or protuberant part of a cask; protuberance. 2. (Naut.) The bilge of a vessel. See BILGE.Bŭlge, v. i. p. 172To swell or jut out; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges. 2. To bilge, as a ship. And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. Broome.Bŭlge'-wāys, n. pl. p. 172(Naut.) See BILGE-WAYS.Bu-lim'i-ā, n. p. 172[Fr. boulimie, Lat. bulīmus, Gr.Bū'li-my p. 172βούλιμος, βουλιμία; Gr. βοῦς, in composition, huge, great, from βοῦς, ox; and λιμός, hunger. (Med.) A disease in which the patient has a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food, and often faints…Bŭlk, n. p. 172Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; size; mass; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. 2. The gross; the majority; the main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; as, the bulk of a debt.…Bŭlk'er, n. p. 173(Naut.) A person employed to ascertain the capacity of goods, so as to fix the amount of freight or shore-dues to which they are liable.Bŭlk'-hēad, n. p. 173(Naut.) A partition in a ship, made with boards, &c., to form separate apartments. Totten.Bŭlk'i-ness, n. p. 173Greatness in bulk, size, or stature.Bŭlk'y, a. p. 173Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; as, bulky volumes.Bŭll, n. p. 173(Zoöl.) The male of any bovine quadruped, or of the different species of the genus Bos; hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant. 2. (Astron.) Taurus, one of the twelve signs of the…Bŭll, a. p. 173Of large size; — used in composition; as, bull-head, bulrush, bull-trout, &c.Bŭll, n. p. 173The seal appended to the edicts and briefs of the pope. See BILL. 2. A letter, edict, or rescript of the pope, transmitted to the churches over which he is head, containing some decree, order, or…Bŭl'la, n. p. 173(Med.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid. Dunglison.Bŭl'lāce, n. p. 173(Bot.) (a.) The wild plum, a species of Prunus (P. insititia); — called also bullace plum, and bullace-tree. (b.) The bully-tree; a species of Chrysophyllum, a native of the West Indies.Bul-lăn’tĭc, a. p. 173Pertaining to, or used in, apostolic bulls. Fry. Bullantic letters, ornamented capitals used in apostolic bulls.Bŭl'la-ry, n. p. 173A collection of papal bulls. 2. A place for boiling or preparing salt; boilary. And certain salt fats or bullaries, and divers other lands. Bills in Chancery,Bŭl'late, a. p. 173Having elevations like blisters. A bullate leaf (Bot.), one the membranous part of which rises between the veins in elevations like blisters.Bŭll'-bāit'ing, n. p. 173The practice of baiting or exciting bulls with dogs.Bŭl'-bĕg'gar, n. p. 173Something terrible or frightful; 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…Bull'-bri'er, n. p. 173(Bot.) A large brier growing in the alluvial bottoms of the South-west, the root of which contains a farinaceous substance from which the Indians make bread. [Called also bamboo-brier.] [U. S.]…Bull'-cālf, n. p. 173A male calf; a stupid fellow.Bull'-dŏg, n. p. 173A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity and courage;—so named, probably, from being employed in baiting bulls, or from the size of the head.Bulled, a. p. 173Swollen. B. Jonson.Bull'en-nāil, n. p. 173A nail with a round head and short shank, turned and lackered. Gwilt.Bull'et, n. p. 173A small ball. 2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or conical in form, to be discharged from small-arms. 3. A cannon ball. [Obs.] One observation was, that the wind of a common bullet, though…Bul'le-tin, n. p. 173A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations, the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public. 2. Any public…Bul'le-tin-bōard, n. p. 173A board on which announcements of news are put up, particularly at news-rooms, printing offices, &c.Bul'let-proof, a. p. 173Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.Bul'let-wood, n. p. 173(Bot.) A West Indian wood, close and hard in texture, of a greenish-hazel color, resembling green-heart.Bull'-fāced, a. p. 173Having a large face. Dryden.Bull'fiſt, n. p. 173(Bot.) A plant of the genus Bovista (Ger. bofist), of the order of Fungi. B. gigantea, called also bull puff-ball, and frog’s cheese, grows to an immense size, measuring sometimes nine feet in…Bull'-fight, n. p. 173A combat with a bull; an ancient popular amusement in many countries, and still practiced among the Spaniards and Portuguese.Bull'-finch, n. p. 173(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris, a bird allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and throat of a crimson color. Crimson-fronted…Bull'-fly or Bull'-bee, n. p. 173The gadfly, a stinging insect which torments cattle. Phillips.Bull'-frog, n. p. 173(Zoöl.) A large species of frog (the Rana pipiens), found in North America, of a dusky-brown color, mixed with yellowish-green, and spotted with black.Bull'-hēad, n. p. 173(Ichth.) (a.) A fish of the genus Cottus, especially the C. gobio. (b.) In America, a species of Pimelodus, called likewise cat-fish and horned-pout. 2. A stupid fellow; a lubber. Johnson. 3. A…Bull'ion, n. p. 173Uncoined gold or silver in the mass. ☞ 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…Bull'ion-ist, n. p. 173An advocate for an exclusive metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.Bul'li-rāg, v. t. p. 173To insult in a bullying manner. [Low.] Todd.Bull'ish, a. p. 173Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder. [Rare.] Let me inform you, a toothless satyr is as improper as a toothless sleek-stone, and as bullish. Milton.Bul'list, n. p. 173A writer of papal bulls. [Rare.] Harmer.Bul-li'tion, n. p. 173The act or state of boiling. [Obs.] See EBULLITION. Bacon.