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The buffalo. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak.

A bugle. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Sir W. Scott.

ot 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 cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. -- Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.…

To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]

Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. Sir W. Scott.

rayton. In his latter days, with overliberal diet, [he was] somewhat corpulent and burly. Sir T. More. Burly and big, and studious of his ease. Cowper.

me property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett.

To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide. Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke. Burrowing owl (Zoöl.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in compa…

An ambuscade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

tance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant. Sir, my mistress sends you word THat she is busy, and she can not come. Shak.

the head against; to strike with the head. Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. Sir H. Wotton.

A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. Dryden.

All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.

An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. Sir P. Sidney.

To roast, as a cabob. Sir. T. Herbert.

A curvet; a leap. See Capriole. The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.

erical or maniacal affections. Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott.