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stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.

th, Bridle way, a path or way for saddle horses and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for vehicles. -- Bridle port (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are passed. -- Bridle rein, a rein attached to the bit. -- Bridle road. (a) Same as Bridle path.…

Having a brim; -- usually in composition. "Broad-brimmed hat." Spectator.

A broad chisel for stonecutting.

To report; to noise abroad. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.

The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores. Bucking iron (Mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores. -- Bucking kier (Manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching. -- Bucking stool, a washing block.

or deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages.

A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.

ily of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oölite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.

ulk. Turbervile. Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. -- To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. -- In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. -- Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the ca…

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.

Having a bunch on the back; crooked. "Bunch-backed toad." Shak.

That which is borne or carried; a load. Plants with goodly burden bowing. Shak.

One who loads; a oppressor.

A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5. Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.

rs of two shades of yellow, as Narcissus incomparabilis, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). -- Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table. -- Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower. -- Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called als…