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A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia.

bs.] A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. Stow.

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

A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society. Bulletin board, a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.

Broken glass for remelting.

A kind of manstopping bullet; -- so named from Dumdum, in India, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army.

The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

A system of excavating by means of gullets or channels.

Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.

A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl. Pullet sperm, the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] Shak.

Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidæ, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.

trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [Written also arbalet and arblast.] Fosbroke.

ively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.

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

rface is scratched by a hard body, as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a bullet may be dropped into it without injury.

A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink.

A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa.

shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting. The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. Tomlinson.

The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.

A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. --Can"ne*lured (#)…