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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.

6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.

7. (Archery & Gun.) 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"-nose` (&?;), n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

Bull" ter"ri*er (&?;). (Zoöl.) A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

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.

Bull"weed` (&?;), n. [Bole a stem + weed.] (Bot.) Knapweed. Prior.

Bull"wort` (&?;), n. (Bot.) See Bishop's-weed.

Bul"ly (&?;), n.; pl. Bullies (&?;). [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.

Bul"ly (&?;), a. 1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.

2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]

Bul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.] 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.

Bul"ly, v. i. To act as a bully.

Bul"ly*rag (&?;), v. t. Same as Bullirag.

Bul"ly*rock` (&?;), n. A bully. [Slang Obs.] Shak.

Bul"ly tree` (&?;). (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.

Bul"rush` (&?;), 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.

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.

||Bulse (&?;), n. A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc. [India] Macaulay.

Bul"tel (&?;), n. [LL. bultellus. See Bolt to sift.] A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran. [Obs.]

Bul"ti (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Bolty.

Bul"tow` (&?;), n. A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.