Part 1461

<hw>Bull"do`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bulldozes.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Bulled</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bulled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Boln</er>.]</ety> <def>Swollen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bullen-bullen</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"len-bul"len</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native Australian name, from its cry.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lyre bird.</def>

<h1>Bullen-nail</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"len-nail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bull</ets> large, having a large head + <ets>nail</ets>.]</ety> <def>A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.</def>

<h1>Bullet</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>boulet</ets>, dim. of <ets>boule</ets> ball. See <er>Bull</er> an edict, and cf. <er>Boulet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small ball.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A cannon ball.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a <b>bullet</b> of stone. <i>Stow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The fetlock of a horse.</def> <note>[See <i>Illust</i>. under <er>Horse</er>.]</note>

<h1>Bullet-proof</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"let-proof`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.</def>

<cs><col>Bullet tree</col>. <cd>See <er>Bully tree</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bullet wood</col>, <cd>the wood of the bullet tree.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bulletin</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bul"le*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bulletin</ets>, fr. It. <ets>bullettino</ets>, dim. of <ets>bulletta</ets>, dim. of <ets>bulla</ets>, <ets>bolla</ets>, an edict of the pope, from L. <ets>bulla</ets> bubble. See <er>Bull</er> an edict.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society.</def>

<cs><col>Bulletin board</col>, <cd>a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bullfaced</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull"faced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a large face.</def>

<h1>Bullfeast</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw>Bull"feast`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bullfight</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bullfight, Bullfighting</h1> <Xpage=190>

<hw><hw>Bull"fight`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bull"fight`ing</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bull"fight`er</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bullfinch</h1> <Xpage=190>