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Of or pertaining to bullfights. -- n.

Bullfighting.

The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [taurus] in almanacs.

One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman. Bp. Bull.

The bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]

med because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. -- Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. -- Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. -- Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium.…

Emitting thunder. Roll the thundering chariot o'er the ground. J. Trumbull.

The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop. [Prov. Eng.]

A bullfighter.

Traces. [Obs.] Four white bulls in the trays. Chaucer.

Transposition. [R.] Knatchbull.

Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.

To be prosperous; to flourish. Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales. Trumbull.

, a truant boy. While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on Olympus' side. Trumbull.

Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to. Chastened as a bullock unaccustomed to yoke. Jer. xxxi. 18.

Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

pressionless; as, an unmeaning face. There pride sits blazoned on the unmeaning brow. Trumbull. -- Un*mean"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*mean"ing*ness, n.

; a vague proposition. This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. I. Taylor. The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. Hawthorne.

To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate. [Obs.] Bullokar.

A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms. Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. Milton. Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe. Byron.