Webster's Dictionary 1913

5293

Bubaline

Bu″ba‐line (�), a.(Zoöl.) Resembling a buffalo.Bubaline antelope(Zoöl.), the bubale.

5294

Bubble

Bub″ble (�), n. [Cf. D. bobbel, Dan. boble, Sw. bubbla. Cf. Blob, n.] 1. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.Bea...

5295

Bubble (2)

Bub″ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bubbled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bubbling (�).] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See Bubble, n.] 1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; ...

5296

Bubble shell

Bub″ble shell′ (�). (Zoöl.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.

5297

Bubbler

Bub″bler, v. t. To cheat; to deceive.She has bubbled him out of his youth.Addison.The great Locke, who was seldom outwitted by false sounds, was nevertheless bubbled here.Sterne.

5298

Bubbler (2)

Bub″bler (�), n. 1. One who cheats.All the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, subscribers, projectors, etc.Pope.2. (Zoöl.) A fish of the Ohio river; — so called from the noise it makes.

5299

Bubbling Jock

Bub″bling Jock′ (�) (Zoöl.) The male wild turkey, the gobbler; — so called in allusion to its notes.

5300

Bubbly

Bub″bly (�), a. Abounding in bubbles; bubbling. Nash.

5301

Bubby

Bub″by (bŭb″by̆), n. [Cf. Prov. G. bübbi, or It. poppa, Pr. popa, OF. poupe, a woman's breast.] A woman's breast.

5302

Bubby (2)

Bub″by, n. [A corruption of brother.] Bub; — a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.

5303

Bubo

Bu″bo (bū″bō̍), n.; pl.Buboes (–bō̍z). [LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. βοuβών.] (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the gro...

5304

Bubonic

Bu‐bon″ic (bū̍‐bŏn″ĭk), a. Of or pertaining to a bubo or buboes; characterized by buboes.

5305

Bubonocele

Bu‐bon″o‐cele (bū̍‐bŏn″ō̍‐sēl), n. [Gr. βοuβών groin + � tumor: cf. F. bubonocèle.] (Med.) An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends o...

5306

Bubukle

Bu″bu‐kle (�), n. A red pimple. Shak.

5307

Buccal

Buc″cal (�), a. [L. bucca cheek: cf. F. buccal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks.

5308

Buccan

Buc″can (?), n. [F. boucan. See Buccaneer.] 1. A wooden frame or grid for roasting, smoking, or drying meat over fire.2. A place where meat is smoked.3. Buccaned meat.

5309

Buccan (2)

Buc″can, v. t. [F. boucaner. See Buccaneer.] To expose (meat) in strips to fire and smoke upon a buccan.

5310

Buccaneer

Buc′ca‐neer″ (�), n. [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smok...

5311

Buccaneer (2)

Buc′ca‐neer″, v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

5312

Buccaneerish

Buc′ca‐neer″ish, a. Like a buccaneer; piratical.

5313

Buccinal

Buc″ci‐nal (�), a. [L. bucina a crooked horn or trumpet.] Shaped or sounding like a trumpet; trumpetlike.

5314

Buccinator

‖Buc′ci‐na″tor (�), n. [L., a trumpeter, fr. bucinare to sound the trumpet.] (Anat.) A muscle of the cheek; — so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

5315

Buccinoid

Buc″ci‐noid (�), a. [Buccinum + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidæ, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata.

5316

Buccinum

‖Buc″ci‐num (�), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).

5317

Bucentaur

Bu‐cen″taur (�), n. [Gr. βου̑σ ox + κένταυροσ centaur.] 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.2. [It. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony ...

5318

Bucephalus

Bu‐ceph″a‐lus (?), n. 1. The celebrated war horse of Alexander the Great.2. Hence, any riding horse. Sir W. Scott.

5319

Buceros

‖Bu″ce‐ros (�), n. [Gr. βούκερωσ horned like an ox; βου̑σ ox + κέρασ horn.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.