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a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. Dickens.

ity. Bulldog bat (zo'94l.), a bat of the genus Nyctinomus; -- so called from the shape of its face.

A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.

from attack; any means of defense or protection. The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. Blackstone.

A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.

A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance. It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. Shak.

vacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of Ant: heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.

Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- Buoy"ant*ly, adv.

ast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.

ups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable. -- Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.

tary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. C. Reade.

Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.

A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.

the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume. Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Matt. viii. 21. I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. Shak.

vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. Shak.

ssin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [U.S.] Farrow.

d because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.

An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.

t the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.