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s, she bounced into the room. Out bounced the mastiff. Swift. Bounced off his arm+chair. Thackeray.

Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. Many tall and bouncing young ladies. Thackeray.

bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. I embroidered for you a beautiful pair of braces. Thackeray.

ely; trimming. A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. Thackeray.

A seal or charm for a watch chain. "His chains and breloques." Thackeray.

A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." Thackeray. To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]

d erect, like bristles. The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets. Thackeray. Ports bristling with thousands of masts. Macaulay.

fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray.

A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. The leading bucks of the day. Thackeray.

Breeches made of buckskin. I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray.

Any tooth that juts out. When he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded. Thackeray.

ptly or without ceremony. They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. T. Hook. To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. -- To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.

Ornamented with a large number of buttons. "The buttony boy." Thackeray. "My coat so blue and buttony." W. S. Gilbert.

Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron. With despair and Byronic misanthropy. Thackeray

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

Idle talk; silly prattle. There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.

A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant] Thackeray.

fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy. Thackeray.

tion, or employment; vocation; business; trade. The humble calling of ter female parent. Thackeray.

To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. Sir W. Scott.