Webster's Dictionary 1913

5455

Building

Build″ing, n. 1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster.Bp. Hall.2. The art of constructing edifices, or th...

5456

Built

Built (�), n. Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship. Dryden.

5457

Built (2)

Built, a. Formed; shaped; constructed; made; — often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.Like the generality of...

5458

Buke muslin

Buke″ mus″lin (�). See Book muslin.

5459

Bukshish

‖Buk″shish (�), n. See Backsheesh.

5460

Bulau

‖Bu″lau (�), n.(Zoöl.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.

5461

Bulb

Bulb (bŭlb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. βολβόσ: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud...

5462

Bulb (2)

Bulb, v. i. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

5463

Bulbaceous

Bul‐ba″ceous (�), a. [L. bulbaceus. See Bulb, n.] Bulbous. Jonson.

5464

Bulbar

Bulb″ar (�), a. Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.

5465

Bulbed

Bulbed (�), a. Having a bulb; round-headed.

5466

Bulbel

Bulb″el (�), n. [Dim., fr. bulb, n.] (Bot.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.

5467

Bulbiferous

Bul‐bif″er‐ous (�), a. [Bulb,n.+ -ferous: cf. F. bulbifère.] (Bot.) Producing bulbs.

5468

Bulbil

Bulb″il (?), n. [Dim. fr. bulb.] 1. (Bot.) A small or secondary bulb; hence, now almost exclusively: An aërial bulb or deciduous bud, produced in the leaf axils, as in the tiger...

5469

Bulblet

Bulb″let (�), n. [Bulb,n.+ -let.] (Bot.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aërial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or repla...

5470

Bulbo-tuber

Bul″bo–tu′ber (�), n. [Bulb,n.+ tuber.] (Bot.) A corm.

5471

Bulbose

Bul‐bose″ (�), a. Bulbous.

5472

Bulbous

Bulb″ous (�), a. [L. bulbosus: cf. F. bulbeux. See Bulb, n.] Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

5473

Bulbul

‖Bul″bul (�), n.(Zoöl.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidæ. The green bulbuls...

5474

Bulbule

Bul″bule (�), n. [L. bulbulus, dim. of bulbus. See Bulb, n.] A small bulb; a bulblet.

5475

Bulchin

Bul″chin (�), n. [Dim. of bull.] A little bull.

5476

Bulge

Bulge (�), n. [OE. bulge a swelling; cf. AS. belgan to swell, OSw. bulgja, Icel. bōlginn swollen, OHG. belgan to swell, G. bulge leathern sack, Skr. b�h to be large, strong; the...

5477

Bulge (2)

Bulge, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bulged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bulging.] 1. To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bul...

5478

Bulger

Bul″ger (?), n. [From Bulge.] (Golf) A driver or a brassy with a convex face.

5479

Bulgy

Bul″gy (�), a. Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.

5480

Bulimia

{ ‖Bu‐lim″i‐a (�), Bu″li‐my (�), } n. [NL. bulimia, fr. Gr. βουλιμία, lit., ox-hunger; βου̑σ ox + λιμόσ hunger: cf. F. boulimie.] (Med.) A disease in which there is a perpetual ...

5481

Bulimus

‖Bu‐li″mus (bū̍‐lī″mŭs), n. [L. bulimus hunger. See Bulimy.] (Zoöl.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and a...