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<h1>Bullionist</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"lion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.</def>

<h1>Bullirag</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"li*rag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>bully</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>& v., and <ets>rag</ets> to scold, rail. Cf. <er>Ballarag</er>.]</ety> <def>To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Bullish</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bull"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.</def>

<blockquote>Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as <b>bullish</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bullist</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bull"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bulliste</ets>. See <er>Bull</er> an edict.]</ety> <def>A writer or drawer up of papal bulls.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Harmar.</i>

<h1>Bullition</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul*li"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bullire</ets>, <ets>bullitum</ets>, to boil. See <er>Boil</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>The action of boiling; boiling. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Ebullition</er>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Bull-necked</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bull"-necked`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Bullock</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bulluc</ets> a young bull. See <er>Bull</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.</def>

<blockquote>Take thy father's young <b>bullock</b>, even the second <b>bullock</b> of seven years old. <i>Judges vi. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An ox, steer, or stag.</def>

<h1>Bullock</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"lock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bully.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She shan't think to <b>bullock</b> and domineer over me. <i>Foote.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bullock's-eye</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"lock's-eye`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bull's-eye</er>, 3.</def>

<h1>Bullon</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West Indian fish (<spn>Scarus Croicensis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Bullpout</h1> <Xpage=191>

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