Part 1465

<h1>Bully</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Jovial and blustering; dashing.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark> "Bless thee, <i>bully</i> doctor."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fine; excellent; <as>as, a <ex>bully</ex> horse</as>.</def> <mark>[Slang, U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Bully</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"ly</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bullied</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bullying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.</def>

<blockquote>For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to <b>bully</b> the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. <i>Tatler.

<syn>Syn. -- To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.</syn>

<h1>Bully</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"ly</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act as a bully.</def>

<h1>Bullyrag</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"ly*rag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bullirag</er>.</def>

<h1>Bullyrock</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"ly*rock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bully.</def> <mark>[Slang Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bully tree</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"ly tree`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The name of several West Indian trees of the order <spn>Sapotace\'91</spn>, as <spn>Dipholis nigra</spn> and species of <spn>Sapota</spn> and <spn>Mimusops</spn>. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.</def>

<h1>Bulrush</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"rush`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bulrysche</ets>, <ets>bolroysche</ets>; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. <ets>bole</ets> stem + <ets>rush</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.</def>

<note>&hand; The name <i>bulrush</i> is applied in England especially to the cat-tail (<spn>Typha latifolia</spn> and <spn>T. angustifolia</spn>) and to the lake club-rush (<spn>Scirpus lacustris</spn>); in America, to the <spn>Juncus effusus</spn>, and also to species of <spn>Scirpus</spn> or club-rush.</note>

<h1>Bulse</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bulse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Bultel</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"tel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bultellus</ets>. See <er>Bolt</er> to sift.]</ety> <def>A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bulti</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bul"ti</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Bolty</er>.</def>

<h1>Bultow</h1> <Xpage=191>