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Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.

The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceæ, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.

Pickled or canned beef.

Same as Bullirag.

A bully. [Slang Obs.] Shak.

The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.

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

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

wagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke.

To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J. Fletcher.

A boaster; a bully. [Collog.] Johnson.

A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. Hot braves like thee may fight. Dryden.

and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. W. Irving.

The bully tree.

Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.

To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger. [Low]

To bully. [Obs.] She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me. Foote.

A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree (Mimusops globosa) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla (Sapota zapotilla). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum…

A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.

To Confront impudently; to bully. I will neither be facednor braved. Shak.