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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.</def>

<blockquote>It had upon its brow A <b>bump</b> as big as a young cockerel's stone. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; <as>as, the <ex>bump</ex> of "veneration;" the <ex>bump</ex> of "acquisitiveness."</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

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

<hw>Bump</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Boom</er> to roar.]</ety> <def>To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.</def>

<blockquote>As a bittern <b>bumps</b> within a reed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bump</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The noise made by the bittern.</def>

<h1>Bumper</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bum"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>bumbard</ets>, <ets>bombard</ets>, a large drinking vessel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.</def>

<blockquote>He frothed his <b>bumpers</b> to the brim. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Bumper</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bump"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which bumps or causes a bump.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.</def>

<h1>Bumpkin</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bump"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The same word as <ets>bumkin</ets>, which Cotgrave defines thus: "<ets>Bumkin</ets>, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde." Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood; cf. OD. <ets>boomken</ets> a little tree. See <er>Boom</er> a pole.]</ety> <def>An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.</def> "Bashful country <i>bumpkins</i>."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<h1>Bumptious</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bump"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Self-conceited; forward; pushing.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Bumptiousness</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bump"tious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Conceitedness.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Bun, Bunn</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw><hw>Bun</hw>, <hw>Bunn</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>bun</ets>, <ets>bunn</ets>, OE. <ets>bunne</ets>, <ets>bonne</ets>; fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. <ets>bunna</ets>, Gael. <ets>bonnach</ets>, or OF. <ets>bugne</ets> tumor, Prov. F. <ets>bugne</ets> a kind of pancake; akin to OHG. <ets>bungo</ets> bulb, MHG. <ets>bunge</ets>, Prov. E. <ets>bung</ets> heap, cluster, <ets>bunny</ets> a small swelling.]</ety> <def>A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.</def>

<h1>Bunch</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bunch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to OSw. & Dan. <ets>bunke</ets> heap, Icel. <ets>bunki</ets> heap, pile, <ets>bunga</ets> tumor, protuberance; cf. W. <ets>pwng</ets> cluster. Cf. <er>Bunk</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.</def>