Part 1467

<h1>Bumbelo</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"be*lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bumbeloes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[It. <ets>bombola</ets>.]</ety> <def>A glass used in subliming camphor.</def> <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>bombolo</asp> and <asp>bumbolo</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Bumble</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bump</er> to boom.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The bittern.</def> <mark>[Local, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Bumble</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.</def>

<blockquote>As a bittern <b>bumbleth</b> in the mire. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bumblebee</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"ble*bee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bumblen</ets> to make a humming noise (dim. of <ets>bum</ets>, v.i.) + <ets>bee</ets>. Cf. <er>Humblebee</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large bee of the genus <spn>Bombus</spn>, sometimes called <i>humblebee</i>; -- so named from its sound.</def>

<note>&hand; There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.</note>

<h1>Bumboat</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"boat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>bum</ets> the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. <ets>bun</ets> a box for holding fish in a boat.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.</def>

<h1>Bumkin</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Boom</ets> a beam + <ets>-kin</ets>. See <er>Bumpkin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A projecting beam or boom; as: <sd>(a)</sd> One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a <i>tack bumpkin</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> Onr from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called <i>brace bumpkin</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>boomkin</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Bummalo</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"ma*lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small marine Asiatic fish (<spn>Saurus ophidon</spn>) used in India as a relish; -- called also <altname>Bombay duck</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bummer</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.</def> <mark>[Slang, U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Bummery</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"me*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bottomery</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a <b>bummery</b> bond. <i>R. North.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bump</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bump</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bumped</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bumping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>pwmp</ets> round mass, <ets>pwmpiaw</ets> to thump, bang, and E. <ets>bum</ets>, v.i., <ets>boom</ets> to roar.]</ety> <def>To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; <as>as, to <ex>bump</ex> the head against a wall</as>.</def>

<h1>Bump</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bump</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To come in violent contact with something; to thump.</def> "<i>Bumping</i> and jumping."

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Bump</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bump</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Bump</er> to strike, to thump.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thump; a heavy blow.</def>