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<hw>Bu"gle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bugle</ets>; cf. It. <ets>bugola</ets>, L. <ets>bugillo</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <i>Ajuga</i> of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.</def>

<cs><col>Yellow bugle</col>, <cd>the <i>Ajuga cham\'91pitys<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bugled</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"gled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ornamented with bugles.</def>

<h1>Bugle horn</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"gle horn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bugle.</def>

<blockquote>One blast upon his <b>bugle horn</b> Were worth a thousand men. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A drinking vessel made of horn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And drinketh of his <b>bugle horn</b> the wine. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bugler</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"gler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who plays on a bugle.</def>

<h1>Bugleweed</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"gle*weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the Mint family and genus <i>Lycopus</i>; esp. <i>L</i>. <i>Virginicus</i>, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.</def>

<h1>Bugloss</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bu"gloss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Buglosses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>buglosse</ets>, L. <ets>buglossa</ets>, <ets>buglossus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ oxtongue <?/ ox + <?/ tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Anchusa</spn>, and especially the <spn>A. officinalis</spn>, sometimes called <i>alkanet</i>; oxtongue.</def>

<cs><col>Small wild bugloss</col>, <cd>the <spn>Asperugo procumbens</spn> and the <spn>Lycopsis arvensis</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Viper's bugloss</col>, <cd>a species of <spn>Echium</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bugwort</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Bug"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bugbane.</def>

<h1>Buhl, Buhlwork</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw><hw>Buhl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Buhl"work</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From A.Ch.<ets>Boule</ets>, a French carver in wood.]</ety> <def>Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>boule</asp>, <asp>boulework</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Buhlbuhl</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buhl"buhl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bulbul</er>.</def>

<h1>Buhrstone</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buhr"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bur</ets> a whetstone for scythes.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>burrstone</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Build</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Build</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Built</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Building</er>. The regular <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Builded</er> is antiquated.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bulden</ets>, <ets>bilden</ets>, AS. <ets>byldan</ets> to build, fr. <ets>bold</ets> house; cf. Icel. <ets>b\'d3l</ets> farm, abode, Dan. <ets>bol</ets> small farm, OSw. <ets>bol</ets>, <ets>b\'94le</ets>, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. <ets>b<?/a</ets> to dwell; akin to E. <ets>be</ets>, <ets>bower</ets>, <ets>boor</ets>. &root;97.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.</def>

<blockquote>Nor aught availed him now To have <b>built</b> in heaven high towers. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.</def>

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