Part 1459

<i>Ps. xxii. 12.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.</def>

<blockquote>At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright <b>Bull</b> receives him. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th <er>Bear</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 5.</def>

<cs><col>Bull baiting</col>, <cd>the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.</cd> -- <col>John Bull</col>, <cd>a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman.</cd> "Good-looking young <i>John Bull<i>." <i>W. D.Howells</i>. -- <col>To take the bull by the horns</col>, <cd>to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bull</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.</def>

<cs><col>Bull bat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening.</cd> -- <col>Bull calf</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A stupid fellow.</cd> -- <col>Bull mackerel</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the chub mackerel.</cd> -- <col>Bull pump</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>a direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.</cd> -- <col>Bull snake</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the pine snake of the United States.</cd> -- <col>Bull stag</col>, <cd>a castrated bull. See <er>Stag</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bull wheel</col>, <cd>a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bull</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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<hw>Bull</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>To endeavor to raise the market price of; <as>as, to <ex>bull</ex> railroad bonds; to <i>bull</i> stocks; to <i>bull</i> Lake Shore</as>; to endeavor to raise prices in; <as>as, to <ex>bull</ex> the market</as>. See 1st <er>Bull</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

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<hw>Bull</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bulle</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bulla</ets> bubble, stud, knob, LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. <ets>bulle</ets>. Cf. <er>Bull</er> a writing, <er>Bowl</er> a ball, <er>Boil</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A seal. See <er>Bulla</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," <it>i. e.</it>, "from the day of the Incarnation." See <i>Apostolical brief</i>, under <er>Brief</er>.</def>

<blockquote>A fresh <b>bull</b> of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's <i>bulls</i> and his professions of humility.</def>

<blockquote>And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's <b>bulls</b>, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The Golden Bull</col>, <cd>an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from its golden seal.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Blunder</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Bul"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bull\'91</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>bulla</ets> bubble. See <er>Bull</er> an edict.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; <as>as, the tympanic or auditory <ex>bulla</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine shells. See <er>Bubble shell</er>.</def>

<h1>Bullace</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"lace</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bolas</ets>, <ets>bolace</ets>, OF. <ets>beloce</ets>; of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. <ets>bolos</ets>, <ets>polos</ets>, Gael. <ets>bulaistear</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small European plum (<spn>Prunus communis</spn>, var. <spn>insitita</spn>). See <er>Plum</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The bully tree.</def>

<h1>Bullantic</h1> <Xpage=190>