Part 1473

<hw>Bunn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bun</er>.</def>

<h1>Bunnian</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"nian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bunyon</er>.</def>

<h1>Bunny</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.</def>

<h1>Bunny</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"ny</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.</def>

<h1>Bunodonta, Bunodonts</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw><hw>Bu`no*don"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bu"no*donts</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>bunodonta</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ hill, heap + <?/, <?/, a tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.</def>

<h1>Bunsen's battery, Bunsen's burner</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw><hw>Bun"sen's bat"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bun"sen's burn`er</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Battery</er>, and <er>Burner</er>.</def>

<h1>Bunt</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fungus (<spn>Ustilago f\'d2tida</spn>) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called <i>pepperbrand</i>.</def>

<h1>Bunt</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bunt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>bunt</ets> bundle, Dan. <ets>bundt</ets>, G. <ets>bund</ets>, E. <ets>bundle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Bunt</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bunt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To swell out; <as>as, the sail <ex>bunts</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Bunt</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bunt</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; <as>as, the ram <ex>bunted</ex> the boy</as>.</def>

<h1>Bunter</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman.</def> <mark></mark>

<blockquote>Her . . . daughters, like <b>bunters</b> in stuff gowns. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bunting</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw>Bun"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>buntlin</ets>, <ets>corn-buntlin</ets>, OE. <ets>bunting</ets>, <ets>buntyle</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird of the genus <i>Emberiza</i>, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family <i>Fringillid\'91</i>).</def>

<note>&hand; Among European species are the common or corn bunting (<spn>Emberiza miliaria</spn>); the ortolan (<spn>E. hortulana</spn>); the cirl (<spn>E. cirlus</spn>); and the black-headed (<spn>Granitivora melanocephala</spn>). American species are the bay-winged or grass (<spn>Po\'94c\'91tes or Po\'d2cetes gramineus</spn>); the black-throated (<spn>Spiza Americana</spn>); the towhee bunting or chewink (<spn>Pipilo</spn>); the snow bunting (<spn>Plectrophanax nivalis</spn>); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See <er>Ortolan</er>, <er>Chewick</er>, <er>Snow bunting</er>, <er>Lark bunting</er>.</note>

<h1>Bunting, Buntine</h1> <Xpage=192>

<hw><hw>Bun"ting</hw>, <hw>Bun"tine</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>bunting</ets> sifting flour, OE. <ets>bonten</ets> to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.]</ety> <def>A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.</def>