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Show BU Bullion is filver whofe wor m n h ha f va iue.. An thus foreign coin hath no value her O 1ts- flamp, and our coin is bullion in forei © dominiops Locke In every veffel ghere is ftowage for immen treatures, when the cargo is pure bullior. Addifor Buiri'rion. . / [from bullio, Lat.] Th alt or flate of boiling '_Imfrc' is to be obferved in thefe diffolutions which will not cafily incorporate, what th effeét are, as the bullition, the precipitation to the bot tom, the ejaculation towards the top, the fufpenfion in the midft, and the like Bacon Bu'Lrock. m / [from bull.] A young bull Why, thats fpoken like an hone® drover : f they fell bullocks Shatefpears Som drive the herds; here the fierce sulloc fcorn Th* appointed way 9 horns an runs with threat'nin Coavley Until the tranfportation of cattle into Englan was prohibited, the quickeft trade of ready money here was driven by the fale of young bullacks BU BU Tcmplz. 2. A fortification Bu'mexiN. n. [ [This word Ts Taking away needlefs dulrwarks, djvers were deHayward molifhed upon the fea coafts Our naval ftrength is a dulwark to the nation certain etymology Heufham (ji:ri?yi: zow Addifon t from pumkin, a kind of worthlef or melon. ‘This feems harfh ; yet Some making the wars their bulwark, that hav fenfe. Bump is uied amongft ys fort 3. A fecurity; a fcreen ; a fhelter before gored the gentle bofom of peace with pillag Shake[peare and robbery 7% Bu'twark. @. a. [from the noun. To fortify ; to ftrengthen with bulwarks And yet no bulwark'd town, or diftant coaft Preferves the beauteous youth from being feen Addifen BUM. n. /. [ bomnze, Dutch.] The buttocks the part on which we fit The wifeft aunt telling the faddeft tale Sometime for threefoot ftool miftaketh me Then flip I from her bum, down topples the. Shak ‘This faid, he gently rais'd the knight Hudibras And fet him on his bum upright From dufty fhops negleéted authors come Martyrs of ‘pics, and relicks of the bum Dryden ufe the word cabbage-head in the | knob, or lump: may not &méin'fi much the fame with c/odpate, lggg"}"n biock, and blockhead ? awkwar heavy ruftick ; a countr lout The poor bumpkin, that had never heard o fuc delights before, bleéffed ‘herfelf at the S h.a"‘ € of he cmxgition anpe A heavy bumpkin, taught with ddily care Can never dance three fteps with a becoming 1 his white cloak the magiftrate appears i']dm The country bumpkin the fame iv'ry wears, Dyy It wa a favou t admit the to ‘breed'»{. they might be ignorant bumphins and clowns i; they pleafed L,;k, Bu'mpkINLY. ad). [from bumpkin.] Hay ing the manners or appearance of clown ; clownifh The learned Sydenham does not doubt Bu'Lry. n [ [Skinner derives this word bring the gout wil tho pro gh Bu oun from éurly, as a corruption in the proAnd that with dum on couch we lie He is a fimple, blundering, and yet conceite nunciation ; which is very probabl Ve Becaufe our reafon's foar'd too high fellow, who, aiming at defcription, and the rufic right : or from bulky, or bull-eyed; Bumsa‘trirr. #. /. [This is a corrupwonderful, gives an air of bumpkinly romance t which are lefs probable. May it wro all he tells tion of bound bailiff, pronounced b . Clarim come from bull, the pope's letter, imgradual corraption boup, bun, bum bai- BUNCH = / [buncker, Danifh, th plying the infolence of thofe who cam crags of the mountains. lif.] A bailiff of the meaneft kind invefted with authority from the papa one that is employed in arrefts 1. A hard lump ; a knob court #] A noify, bluftering, quarrellin They will carry their treafures upon the bunch Go, Sir Andrew, fcout me for him at the corner of the orchard, like a bumbailiff Shakefpeare of camels, to a people that fhall not profit them fellow : it is generally taken for a ma Ifaiab, xxx. 6 that has only the appearance of courage. Bu'MBarD. n /. [wrong written for bozmH fe t the ground, which he had wont to fin Mine hoft of the garter !-What fays my bu/l bard ; which fee.] A great gun; even and foft, to be grown hard, with little roun rock ? Speak fcholarly and wifely Shakefpeare black jack s a leathern pitcher ba l o bu nc li es h rd boiled eggs Beyle All on 2 fudden the doors flew open, and i Yond fame black cloud, yond huge one look 2 clufte man o th fam kin growcomes a crew of roaring bullics, with their wenches Like a foul bumbard, that would fhed his liquor their dogs, and their bottles L Efrange ing together Shakefteare. *Tis fo ridic'lous, but {o true withal ines, with cluft'ring bunches growing Shak Bu'mBasT / [falfel writte fo domA bully cannot {leep without a brawl Dryden Titian faid, that he knew no better rule for th baft 5 bombafl and bombafine being menA {colding hero is, at the wov(t, a more tolerabl diftribution of the lights and fhadows, than hi tioned, with great probability, by Fucharacker than a bu/ly in petticoats Addifon obfervation drawn from a bunch of grapes. Dryd Th little ma is a bully in his nature but when he grows cholerick, 1 confine him till hi wrath is over Addifon 2% Bu'LrY. v. a. [from the noun. overbear with noife or menaces T Prentices, parith clerks, and he€ors meet He that is drunk, or bu/ly'd, pays the treat King 9o Bu'Lry. w. n To be noify and quarrelfome Bu'trusu. 2. f. [from bull and rup.] large rufh, fuch as grows in rivers, withcut knets ; though Dryden has given i the epithet Znorty ; confounding it, probably, with the reed To make fine cages for the nightingale And batkets of éulrufbesy was my wont Spenfer Al my praifes are but as a bulrufb caft upon ftream; they are born by the ftrength of the current Dryden The edges were with bending ofiers crown'd The knotty bulrufb next in order ftood, And all within of reeds, a trembling wood. Dryden nius, as coming from boom a tree an JSein, filk; the filk or cotton of a tree Mr. Steewens, with much more probability, deduces them all from dombycinus. 1. A cloth made by fewing one ftuff upo another ; patchwork The ufual bumbaft of tlack bits fewed into ermine, our Englifh women are made to think ver fine 2. Line fluffe wadding wit Greaw. cotton ftuffing We have receiv'd your-letters full of love And, in our maiden councily rated the As courtfhip, pleafant jeft, and courtefy ‘As bumbafl, and as lining to the time Shakefp ranee its brow a dump as big as a youn cockrel's ftone 5 a perilous knock bitterly and it crie Shakefpeare Not though his teeth are beaten out, his eye Hang by a ftring, in dumps his forehead rife. Diyd BULWARK #. /. [bolwercke, Dutch ; probably only from its firength and 70 Bump. w.a. [from bombus, Lat.] T make a Joud noife, or bomb [Se largenefs. Boms.] Itis applied, I think, only t 1. What is now called a baftion the bittern But him the fquire made quickly to retreat Encountering fierce with fingle fiword in hand An 'twixt hi ftand and his lord did like a bulevar Spenfer They oft repai Their earthern bulwarks *gaintt the ocean flood We have bulwarks round us " Fairfax Wichin our walls ase troops enur'd to toils AZdif Then to the water's brink fhe laid her head And as a bittour bumps within a reed To thee alone, O lake, fhe faid- Dryden Bu'mPER. 7.[ [from bump.] A cup fille till the liguor {wells over the brims. 3. A number of things tied together And on his arms a bunch of keys he bore Fairy Quee All I know not what ye call all; but if fought not with fifty of them, I am a buncho Shakefpeare raddifh Ancient Janus, with his double fac And bunch of keys, the porter of the place. Dryd The mother's bunch of keys, or any thing the cannot hurt themfelves with, ferves to divert littl Loacke children 4. Any thing bound into a knot: as, bunch of ribbon ; a tuft Buwmer. n /. [perhaps from bum, as bein prominent. A fwelling'; a protubeIt hadupo For thee, large bunches load the bending vine, And the laft bleflings of the year are thine. Dryd - Places his deligh All day in playing bumpers, and at nigh Reels to the bawds Dryden's Fumenals Upon the top of all his lofty creft A bunch of hairs difcover'd diverfly . With fprinkled pearl and gold full richly th‘fipenfir 7o BuncH. . n [from the noun.] To fwell out in a bunch; to grow out1 protuberances £i b It has the refemblance of 2 clmmpxgno!i;.le or it is opened atone end bunching out into a large rou - BuxcuBa'ckep w5wfl;‘ adj. (from dunch an back.] Having bunches on the back crookbacked The day thall come, that thou fhalt wifh 'for m; To help thee curfe this pois'nous bungbback'd to3 Bu'~xcringss s Shakdfpeare [from bunchy.] n_‘ . quality of being bunchy, or growing bunches Bo'xcuy! adji [from bunchly GIOWn in bunches ; having tufts H |