Part 1460

<hw>Bul*lan"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bull</er> an edict.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls.</def>

<i>Fry.</i>

<cs><col>Bullantic letters</col>, <cd>Gothic letters used in papal bulls.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bullary</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bullarium</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bullairie</ets>. See <er>Bull</er> an edict.]</ety> <def>A collection of papal bulls.</def>

<h1>Bullary</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"la*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bullaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. <er>Boilary</er>.]</ety> <def>A place for boiling or preparating salt; a boilery.</def>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<blockquote>And certain salt fats or <b>bullaries</b>. <i>Bills in Chancery.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bullate</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bullatus</ets>, fr. <ets>bulla</ets> bubble.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.</def>

<cs><col>Bullate leaf</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a leaf, the membranous part of which rises between the veins puckered elevations convex on one side and concave on the other.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bullbeggar</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull"beg`gar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear.</def>

<blockquote>And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being <b>bullbeggar</b> to all the forward children in the parish. <i>Mountfort (1691).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bull brier</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull" bri`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of Smilax (<spn>S. Pseudo-China</spn>) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also <altname>bamboo brier</altname> and <altname>China brier</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bullcomber</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull"comb*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A scaraboid beetle; esp. the <spn>Typh\'91us vulgaris</spn> of Europe.</def>

<h1>Bulldog</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull"dog`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.</def>

<h1>Bulldog</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull"dog`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; <as>as, <ex>bulldog</ex> courage; <ex>bulldog</ex> tenacity.</as></def>

<cs><col>Bulldog bat</col> <fld>(zo'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bat of the genus <spn>Nyctinomus</spn>; -- so called from the shape of its face.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bulldoze</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull"doze`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bulldozed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr.</tt> & <tt>vb.<tt>n.</tt> <er>Bulldozing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.</def> <mark>[Slang, U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Bulldozer</h1> <Xpage=190>