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To bully; to threaten. [Low] T. Warton.

dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight.

One who thrusts in the banderillas in bullfighting. W. D. Howells.

A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.

Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.

de or consisting of branches of the laurel. The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. Trumbull.

To emit beams of light. He beamed, the daystar of the rising age. Trumbull.

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.

A lewd man; also, a bully. [Obs.] Dryden.

A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

Bullion in the bar or mass.

A slave ship; a slaver. [Colloq.] F. T. Bullen.

An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister. Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

wide. Thyself thou blazon'st. Shak. There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow. Trumbull. To blazon his own worthless name. Cowper.

A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc. Arsenic abounds with air blebs. Kirwan.

sed. "This patriarch blest." Milton. White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull.

The European bullfinch.

ce with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. The rosy blush of love. Trumbull.