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To shield; to defend. [Obs.] Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree Shak.

ment which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries. To open the budget, to lay before a legislativ…

ale is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead.

A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. [Eng.] Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to the race in a buggy. Beaconsfield.

rous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.

A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. Shak.

The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

The old game of nineholes.

Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.

Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.

persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house. The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5. Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.

The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. Mar. Dict.

One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles. [U.S.]

A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray.

e flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.

One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.

The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.

A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.

In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.