Buckle (2)
Buc″kle (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Buckled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Buckling.] [OE. boclen, F. boucler. See Buckle, n.] 1. To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a...
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Buckle (3)
Buc″kle (bŭk″k'l), v. i. 1. To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.Buckled with the heat of the fire like parchment.Pepys.2. To bend out of a true ve...
Buckler
Buc″kler (�), n. [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See Buckle, n.] 1. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn...
Buckler (2)
Buc″kler, v. t. To shield; to defend.Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right,Now buckler falsehood with a pedigree?Shak.
Buckler-headed
Buc″kler–head′ed (�), a. Having a head like a buckler.
Buckling
Buc″kling (�), a. Wavy; curling, as hair. Latham.
Buckra
Buck″ra (�), n. [In the language of the Calabar coast, buckra means “demon, a powerful and superior being.” J. L. Wilson.] A white man; — a term used by negroes of the African c...
Buckra (2)
Buck″ra, a. White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.
Buckram
Buck″ram (�), n. [OE. bokeram, bougeren, OF. boqueran, F. bougran, MHG. buckeram, LL. buchiranus, boquerannus, fr. MHG. boc, G. bock, goat (as being made of goat's hair), or fr....
Buckram (2)
Buck″ram, a. 1. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.2. Stiff; precise. “Buckram dames.” Brooke.
Buckram (3)
Buck″ram, v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cowper.
Buckshot
Buck″shot′ (�), n. A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
Buckskin
Buck″skin′ (�), n. 1. The skin of a buck.2. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.3. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an Ameri...
Buckstall
Buck″stall′ (�), n. A toil or net to take deer.
Buckthorn
Buck″thorn′ (�), n.(Bot.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.Sea buckthorn, a plant of th...
Bucktooth
Buck″tooth′ (�), n. Any tooth that juts out.When he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded.Thackeray.
Buckwheat
Buck″wheat′ (�), n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.] 1. (Bot.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used ...
Bucolic
Bu‐col″ic (�), a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. �, fr. � cowherd, herdsman; � ox + (perh.) � race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.] Of or pertaining to t...
Bucolic (2)
Bu‐col″ic, n. [L. Bucolicôn poëma.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. D...
Bucolical
Bu‐col″ic‐al (�), a. Bucolic.
Bucranium
‖Bu‐cra″ni‐um (�), n.; pl. L. Bucrania (�). A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.
Bud
Bud (�), n. [OE. budde; cf. D. bot, G. butze, butz, the core of a fruit, bud, LG. butte in hagebutte, hainbutte, a hip of the dog-rose, or OF. boton, F. bouton, bud, button, OF....
Bud (2)
Bud, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Budded; p. pr. & vb. n.Budding.] 1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot.2. To begin to grow, or to i...
Bud (3)
Bud, v. t. To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock,...
Buddha
Bud″dha (�), n. [Skr. buddha wise, sage, fr. budh to know.] The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, ...
Buddhism
Bud″dhism (�), n. The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, “the awakened or enlightened,” in the sixth centu...
Buddhist
Bud″dhist (�), n. One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.