Part 1470

<note>&hand; "The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous 'Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a <i>na\'8bve</i> old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent country of <i>Buncombe</i>, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the '<i>Question</i>,' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He preserved, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to 'make a speech for <i>Buncombe</i>.'"</note>

<i>W. Darlington.</i>

<h1>Bund</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bund</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.</def>

<h1>Bund</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bund</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hindi <ets>band</ets>.]</ety> <def>An embankment against inundation.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<i>S. Wells Williams.</i>

<h1>Bunder</h1> <Xpage=191>

<hw>Bun"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pers. <ets>bandar</ets> a landing place, pier.]</ety> <def>A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.</def>

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<h1>Bundesrath</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"des*rath`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., from <ets>bund</ets> (akin to E. <ets>bond</ets>) confederacy + <ets>rath</ets> council, prob. akin to E. <ets>read</ets>.]</ety> <def>The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>Bundesrath</i> of the German empire is presided over by a chancellor, and is composed of sixty-two members, who represent the different states of the empire, being appointed for each session by their respective governments.</note>

<blockquote>By this united congress, the highest tribunal of Switzerland, -- the <b>Bundesrath</b> -- is chosen, and the head of this is a president. <i>J. P. Peters (Trans. M\'81ller's Pol. Hist. ).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bundle</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bundel</ets>, AS. <ets>byndel</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bondel</ets>, <ets>bundel</ets>, G. <ets>b\'81ndel</ets>, dim. of <ets>bund</ets> bundle, fr. the root of E. <ets>bind</ets>. See <er>Bind</er>.]</ety> <def>A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; <as>as, a <ex>bundle</ex> of straw or of paper; a <ex>bundle</ex> of old clothes.</as></def>

<blockquote>The fable of the rods, which, when united in a <b>bundle</b>, no strength could bend. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bundle pillar</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it.</cd> <i>Weale.</i></cs>

<h1>Bundle</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.<tt>pos> <er>Bundled<er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr.<tt> & vb.n<tt>. <er>Bundling</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To send off abruptly or without ceremony.</def>

<blockquote>They unmercifully <b>bundled</b> me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. <i>T. Hook.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To bundle off</col>, <cd>to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony.</cd> -- <col>To bundle one's self up</col>, <cd>to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bundle</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"dle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping.</def>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<blockquote>Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and <b>bundle</b> with the Yankee lasses. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>