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Having bad or speckled eyes. "A buck-eyed horse." James White.

A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.

Having a head like a buckler.

Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering. [Obs.] So fell this buffle-headed giant. Gayton.

ivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver. -- Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; -- called also sulky plow.

Having a bulb; round-headed.

Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous ingabundant in tropical America.

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.

A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.

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

Having a large face.

genera, especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.

Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.

Having a bunch on the back; crooked. "Bunch-backed toad." Shak.

Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.

Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. "Buoyant on the flood." Pope.

tognath fish of the Allantic coast 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.

tough, close-grained, and durable. -- Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.

A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also burbolt.]