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al, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with the heated surface, -- a phenomenon due to the repulsive force of heat, the intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of evaporation.

hrop, and his associates at Charlestown, had for a church a large, spreading tree. B. Trumbull.

A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.

f blessing, and "Amen" Stuck in my throat. Shak. The trembling weapon passed Through nine bull hides, . . . and stuck within the last. Dryden.

e or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment. [R.] Bullokar.

as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.

A young bullock or heifer. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

sion in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.

A young bull or ox, especially one three years old. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.

Sudden; hasty. [Obs.] Bullokar. -- Sub`i*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]

To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully. What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar! Arbuthnot. To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen. Colier.

One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow. Shak.

A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. Milton.

To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. Sir W. Scott.

A swashbuckler; a bully; a roiserer. [Obs.] Shak.

Having horns like those of a bull. Sir T. Browne.

A bull Sir W. Scott.

Having the form of a bull.

Glue made from a bull's hide.