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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Būmp'kīn, n. p. 174An awkward, heavy rustic; a clown, or country lout. “Bashful country bumpkins.” Irving.Bŭmp'kin-ly, a. p. 174Clownish. [Obs.] Richardson.Bŭm'p'tiōüs, a. p. 174Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Low.] Halliwell.Bŭmp’tiōus-ness, n. p. 174The quality of being bumptious; conceitedness.Būn or Būnn, n. p. 174A small sweet-cake.Bŭnch, n. p. 174A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump. 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…Bŭnch, v. i. p. 174To swell out, as into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.Bŭnch, v. t. p. 174To form or tie in a bunch or bunches.Bŭnch'-băcked, a. p. 174Having a bunch on the back; crooked. “Bunch-backed toad.” Shak.Bŭnch'i-ness, n. p. 174The quality of being bunchy, or growing in bunches.Bŭnch'y, a. p. 174Swelling out in bunches or protuberances; massy. An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled. Phaer. 2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts. Distinguished from other birds by his…Bŭn’combe or Bŭn’kum, n. p. 174A body of constituents. 2. Speech-making for mere show, or for the gratification of constituents; mere talk. [U. S.] All that flourish about right of search was bunkum — all that brag about hanging…Bŭn'dle, n. p. 174A number of things bound together, especially 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…Bŭn'dle, v. t. p. 174To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or per. — To bundle up, to tie together; to wrap up.Bŭn'dle, v. i. p. 174To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry. Halliwell. 2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; —applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. Van Corlear…Bŭn'dle-pĭl'lar, n. p. 174A column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. Weale.Bŭng, n. p. 174The stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask. 2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled. 3. A sharper or pickpocket. [Obs. and low.] “You filthy bung, away.” Shak.Bŭng, v. t. p. 174To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close up.Bŭn'ga-lōw, n. p. 174A house or cottage, of a single floor, which is either thatched or tiled. [India.] Simmonds.Bŭng'-hōle, n. p. 174The hole or orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled. See BUNG.Bŭn'gle, v. i. p. 174To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.Bŭn'gle, v. t. p. 174To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch;—sometimes with up. Other devils, that suggest by treasons, Do botch and bungle up damnation With patches, colors, and with forms, being…Bŭn'gle, n. p. 174A clumsy performance; a botch; inaccuracy; gross blunder. This opinion is further confuted by ... those errors and bungles which are committed, when the matter is inept and contumacious. Cudworth.Bŭng'ler, n. p. 174A clumsy, awkward workman; one who performs without skill. If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.Bŭng'ling, a. p. 174Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift. 2. Clumsily or unskillfully done. When men want light They make but bungling work. Dryden.Bŭng'gling-ly, adv. p. 174Clumsily; awkwardly.Bŭn'go, n. p. 174(Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern States. Bartlett.Bŭn'ion, n. p. 174(Med.) An enlargement and inflammation of the joint of the great toe. See BUNYON.Bŭnk, n. p. 174A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the day-time and for a bed at night; one of a series of berths or bed-places arranged in vertical tiers. [U. S.] 2. A piece of wood placed on a…Bŭnk, v. i. p. 174To retire to bed in a bunk;—sometimes with in. [U. S.] Bartlett.Bŭnk'er, n. p. 174A large bin or receptacle for various things, as coals, &c. 2. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.Bŭnn'ian, n. p. 174See BUNYON.Būn'ny, n. p. 174(Mining.) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into or going out from it. Weale.Bŭn'yon or Bŭn'ion, n. p. 174(Med.) An enlargement and inflammation of the small membranous sac, called bursa mucosa, at the inside of the ball of the great toe. Dunglison.Bŭnt, n. p. 174(Naut.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail. Totten.Bŭnt, v. i. p. 174(Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts. 2. To push with the horns; to butt. See POINT.Bŭnt'er, n. p. 174A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman. [Cant.] Her two marriageable daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns, are now taking sixpenny worth of tea at the White…Bŭnt'ing, n. p. 174(Ornith.) A bird of different species, of the genus Emberiza. ☞ The common or corn-bunting is E. miliaria; the seed-bunting, E. schoeniculus; the snow-bunting, Plectrophanes nivalis; the…Bŭnt'ing or Bŭnt'ine, n. p. 174A thin woolen stuff, of which the colors or flags and signals of ships are made.Bŭnt'/lĭne, n. p. 174(Naut.) One of the ropes fastened to cringles in the foot-rope of a sail, used to haul up the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.Buoy, n. p. 174A float; especially a floating mark to point out the position of objects beneath the water, as anchors, shoals, rocks, &c. ☞ “Buoys are of various kinds; as, can-buoys, in the form of a cone; nut or…Buoy, v. t. p. 175To bear or keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat;—with up. 2. To support or sustain; to keep from sinking into ruin or despondency. Those old prejudices, which buoy up the…Buoy or Buōy, v. i. p. 175To float; to rise by specific lightness. Rising merit will buoy up at last. Pope.Buoy'age, n. p. 175Buoys taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.Buoy'an-cy, n. p. 175The quality of floating on the surface of a fluid, or in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water. 2. (Physics.) The weight…Buoy'ant, a. p. 175Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. “Buoyant on the flood.” Pope. 2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by…Buoy'ant-ly, adv. p. 175In a buoyant manner.Buoy'-rōpe, n. p. 175(Naut.) The rope which fastens a buoy to an anchor.Bu-prĕs'ti-dan, n. p. 175(Entom.) One of a tribe of coleopterous insects, of brilliant metallic colors. Kirby.Būr or Bour, n. p. 175A chamber or a cottage.Bûr or Bûrr, n. p. 175Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a persistent calyx, pericarp, or proper coat, as of the chestnut and burdock. 2. The rough edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or…Bûr'-bōlt, n. p. 175A bird-bolt. [Obs.] Ford.Bŭr'bot, n. p. 175(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Lota, shaped like an eel, but shorter and thicker, with a flat head, having on the nose two small beards, and another on the chin. ☞ The fish is sometimes called an…Būr'de-lāis, n. p. 175A sort of grape. Johnson.Bûr'den, n. p. 175[A-S. byrdhen, Icel. byrdhi, Dan. byrde, Sw. börda, M. D. borde, N. H. Ger. bürde, O. H. Ger. purdi, Goth. baurthei, from the root of bear, A-S. beran, Goth. bairan. 1. That which is borne or…Bûr'den, n. p. 175The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence, that which is often repeated; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer. I would sing…Bûr'den, v. t. p. 175To encumber with weight; to lay a heavy load upon; to load. I mean not that other men be eased and ye burdened. 2 Cor. viii. 13. 2. To oppress with any thing grievous or trying; as, to burden a…Bûr'den-er, n. p. 175One who loads; an oppressor.Bûr'den-ous, a. p. 175Grievous; heavy to be borne; oppressive; burdensome. “Burdenous taxations.” Shak. “A burdenous drone.” Milton.Būr'den-sōme, a. p. 175Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton.