Part 1452

<h1>Bufo</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"fo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bufo</ets> a toad.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.</def>

<h1>Bufonite</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"fon*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bufo</ets> toad: cf. F. <ets>bufonite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the o\'94lite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.</def>

<h1>Bug</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bug</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bugge</ets>, fr. W. <ets>bwg</ets>, <ets>bwgan</ets>, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. <er>Bogey</er>, <er>Boggle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bugbear; anything which terrifies.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Sir, spare your threats: The <b>bug</b> which you would fright me with I seek. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; <as>as, the squash <ex>bug</ex>; the chinch <ex>bug</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An insect of the genus <spn>Cimex</spn>, especially the bedbug (<spn>C. lectularius</spn>). See <er>Bedbug</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of various species of Coleoptera; <as>as, the lady<ex>bug</ex>; potato <ex>bug</ex>, etc.; loosely, any beetle.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of certain kinds of Crustacea; <as>as, the sow <ex>bug</ex>; pill <ex>bug</ex>; bait <ex>bug</ex>; salve <ex>bug</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<note>&hand; According to present popular usage in England, and among housekeepers in America, <i>bug</i>, when not joined with some qualifying word, is used specifically for <i>bedbug</i>. As a general term it is used very loosely in America, and was formerly used still more loosely in England. "God's rare workmanship in the ant, the poorest <i>bug</i> that creeps." <i>Rogers</i> (<i>Naaman</i>). "This <i>bug</i> with gilded wings." <i>Pope</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Bait bug</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bait</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bug word</col>, <cd>swaggering or threatening language. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Bugaboo, Bugbear</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw><hw>Bug`a*boo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bug"bear`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bug</er>.]</ety> <def>Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc.</def> "<i>Bugaboos</i> to fright ye."

<i>Lloyd.</i>

<blockquote>But, to the world no <b>bugbear</b> is so great As want of figure and a small estate. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>bugaboo</b> of the liberals is the church pray. <i>S. B. Griffin.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The great <b>bugaboo</b> of the birds is the owl. <i>J. Burroughs.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow.</syn>

<h1>Bugbane</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bug"bane`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial white-flowered herb of the order <i>Ranunculace\'91</i> and genus <i>Cimiciguga</i>; bugwort. There are several species.</def>

<h1>Bugbear</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bug"bear`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bugaboo</er>.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing needless fright.</def></def2>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Bugbear</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bug"bear`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To alarm with idle phantoms.</def>