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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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8 words match “BISON”

BISON n. 2 definitions
The aurochs or European bison.
BARBIZON SCHOOL; BARBISON SCHOOL n.
A French school of the middle of the 19th century centering in the village of Barbizon near the forest of Fontainebleau. Its members went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landsca…
GAMBISON n.
A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
AUROCHS n.
The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused.
BONASUS; BONASSUS n.
The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.
BUFFALO n. 2 definitions
The bison of North America.
GAMBESON n.
Same as Gambison.
ROBE n.
A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.] Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. -- Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highes…