Bundobust Bun"do·bust noun [ Hind. & Persian bando-bast tying and binding.] System; discipline. [ India]

He has more bundobust than most men.

Kipling.

Bung Bung noun [ Confer W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout, OGael. buine .] 1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.

3. A sharper or pickpocket. [ Obsolete & Low]

You filthy bung , away.
Shak.

Bung Bung transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bunged ; present participle & verbal noun Bunging ] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up .

To bung up , to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [ Low]

He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years.
Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote).

Bungalow Bun"ga·low noun [ Bengalee bānglā ] A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. [ India]

Bungarum Bun"ga·rum noun [ Bungar , the native name.] (Zoology) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus , allied to the cobras, but without a hood.

Bunghole Bung"hole` noun See Bung , noun , 2. Shak.

Bungle Bun"gle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bungled ; present participle & verbal noun Bungling ] [ Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang ; confer Prov. German bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga . See Bang .] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

Bungle Bun"gle transitive verb To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up .

I always had an idea that it would be bungled .
Byron.

Bungle Bun"gle noun A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.

Those errors and bungles which are committed.
Cudworth.

Bungler Bun"gler noun A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.

If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such!
Barrow.

Bungling Bun"gling adjective Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift.

They make but bungling work.
Dryden.

Bunglingly Bun"gling·ly adverb Clumsily; awkwardly.

Bungo Bun"go noun (Nautical) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett.

Bunion Bun"ion noun (Medicine) Same as Bunyon .

Bunk Bunk noun [ Confer OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Confer Bunch .] 1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [ U.S.]

2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.

3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [ Local, U.S.]

Bunk Bunk intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bunked ; present participle & verbal noun Bunking .] To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in . [ Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

Bunker Bun"ker noun [ Scot. bunker , bunkart , a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Confer Bunk , Bank , Bench .]

1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [ Scot.] Jamieson.

2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker .

Bunker Bun"ker noun 1. A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. [ Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

2. (Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links; also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces.

Bunker Bun"ker transitive verb (Golf) To drive (the ball) into a bunker.

Bunko Bun"ko noun [ Sf. Spanish banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Confer Bank (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [ Written also bunco .]

Bunko steerer , a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [ Slang, U.S.]

Bunko Bun"ko transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bunkoed ; present participle & verbal noun Bunkoing .] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc.

Bunkum Bun"kum noun See Buncombe .

Bunn Bunn noun See Bun .

Bunnian Bun"nian noun See Bunyon .

Bunny Bun"ny noun (Mining) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.

Bunny Bun"ny noun A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.

Bunodonta, Bunodonts Bu`no·don"ta, Bu"no·donts noun plural [ New Latin bunodonta , from Greek ... hill, heap + ..., ..., a tooth.] (Zoology) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.

Bunsen cell Bun"sen cell (Electricity) A zinc-carbon cell in which the zinc (amalgamated) is surrounded by dilute sulphuric acid, and the carbon by nitric acid or a chromic acid mixture, the two plates being separated by a porous cup.

Bunsen's battery, Bunsen's burner Bun"sen's bat"ter·y, Bun"sen's burn`er See under Battery , and Burner .

Bunt Bunt noun (Botany) A fungus ( Ustilago fœtida ) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand .

Bunt Bunt noun [ Confer Swedish bunt bundle, Danish bundt , German bund , English bundle .] (Nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten.

Bunt Bunt intransitive verb (Nautical) To swell out; as, the sail bunts .

Bunt Bunt transitive verb & i. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

Bunt Bunt noun A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball) , the act of bunting the ball.

Bunt Bunt transitive verb & i. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.

Bunter Bun"ter noun A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman. [ Cant]

Her . . . daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns.
Goldsmith.

Bunting Bun"ting noun [ Scot. buntlin , corn-buntlin , Middle English bunting , buntyle ; of unknown origin.] (Zoology) A bird of the genus Emberiza , or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ ).

» Among European species are the common or corn bunting ( Emberiza miliaria ); the ortolan ( E. hortulana ); the cirl ( E. cirlus ); and the black-headed ( Granitivora melanocephala ). American species are the bay-winged or grass ( Poöcætes or Poœcetes gramineus ); the black- throated ( Spiza Americana ); the towhee bunting or chewink ( Pipilo ); the snow bunting ( Plectrophanax nivalis ); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan , Chewick , Snow bunting , Lark bunting .

Bunting, Buntine Bun"ting, Bun"tine noun [ Prov. English bunting sifting flour, Middle English bonten to sift, hence probably the material used for that purpose.] A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

Buntline Bunt"line noun [ 2d bunt + line .] (Nautical) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.

Bunyon, Bunion Bun"yon, Bun"ion noun [ Confer Prov. English bunny a small swelling, from Old French bugne , Italian bugna , bugnone . See Bun .] (Medicine) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.

Buoy Buoy noun [ Dutch boei buoy, fetter, from Old French boie , buie , chain, fetter, French bouée a buoy, from Latin boia . " Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae." Festus . So called because chained to its place.] (Nautical) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.

Anchor buoy , a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor. -- Bell buoy , a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves. -- Breeches buoy . See under Breeches . -- Cable buoy , an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage. -- Can buoy , a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped. -- Life buoy , a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them. -- Nut or Nun buoy , a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end. -- To stream the buoy , to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor. -- Whistling buoy , a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.

Buoy Buoy transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Buoyed ; present participle & verbal noun Buoying .] 1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up .

2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
Burke.

3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
Darwin.

Buoy Buoy intransitive verb To float; to rise like a buoy. "Rising merit will buoy up at last." Pope.

Buoyage Buoy"age noun Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.

Buoyance Buoy"ance noun Buoyancy. [ R.]

Buoyancy Buoy"an·cy noun ; plural Buoyancies 1. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.

2. (Physics) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.

Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships.
Eng. Cyc.

3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness ; as, buoyancy of spirits.

Buoyant Buoy"ant adjective [ From Buoy , transitive verb & i. ] 1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. " Buoyant on the flood." Pope.

2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.

The water under me was buoyant .
Dryden.

3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- Buoy"ant*ly , adverb

Buprestidan Bu·pres"ti·dan noun [ Latin buprestis , Greek ..., a poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass, caused them to swell up and and die; ... ox, cow + ... to blow up, swell out.] (Zoology) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvæ are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.

Bur fish Bur" fish` (Zoology) A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus ) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish , balloon fish , and swellfish .

Bur marigold Bur" mar"i·gold See Beggar's ticks .

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