Part 1471

<h1>Bung</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bung</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>bwng</ets> orfice, bunghole, Ir. <ets>buinne</ets> tap, spout, OGael. <ets>buine</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sharper or pickpocket.</def> <mark>[Obs. & Low]</mark>

<blockquote>You filthy <b>bung</b>, away. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bung</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bung</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bunged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bunging</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with <i>up</i>.</def>

<cs><col>To bung up</col>, <cd>to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action.</cd> <mark></mark></cs>

<blockquote>He had <b>bunged up</b> his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. <i>Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bungalow</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"ga*low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Bengalee <ets>b\'bengl\'be</ets>]</ety> <def>A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<h1>Bungarum</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"ga*rum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bungar</ets>, the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A venomous snake of India, of the genus <spn>Bungarus</spn>, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.</def>

<h1>Bunghole</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bung"hole`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bung</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bungle</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bungled</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Bungling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. a diminutive from, akin to <ets>bang</ets>; cf. Prov. G. <ets>bungen</ets> to beat, bang, OSw. <ets>bunga</ets>. See <er>Bang</er>.]</ety> <def>To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.</def>

<h1>Bungle</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"gle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with <i>up</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I always had an idea that it would be <b>bungled</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bungle</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.</def>

<blockquote>Those errors and <b>bungles</b> which are committed. <i>Cudworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bungler</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"gler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.</def>

<blockquote>If to be a dunce or a <b>bungler</b> in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bungling</h1> <Xpage=192>