Bunch-backed
Bunch″–backed′ (�), a. Having a bunch on the back; crooked. “Bunch-backed toad.” Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Bunchberry
Bunch″ber′ry (�), n.(Bot.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.
Bunchiness
Bunch″i‐ness (�), n. The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.
Bunchy
Bunch″y (�), a. 1. Swelling out in bunches.An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled.Phaer.2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy t...
Buncombe
{ Bun″combe, Bun″kum } (�), n. [Buncombe a county of North Carolina.] Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a self...
Bund
‖Bund (�), n. League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
Bund (2)
‖Bund (�), n. [Hindi band.] An embankment against inundation. S. Wells Williams.
Bunder
‖Bun″der (bŭn″dẽr), n. [Pers. bandar a landing place, pier.] A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.
Bundes-Versammlung
‖Bun″des–Ver‐samm″lung (?), n. [G.; bund confederacy + versammlung assembly.] See Legislature, Switzerland.
Bundesrath
‖Bun″des‐rath′ (bo͝on″dĕs‐rät′), n. [G., from bund (akin to E. bond) confederacy + rath council, prob. akin to E. read.] The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesr...
Bundesrath (2)
‖Bun″des‐rath′ (?), n. [G.; bund confederacy + rath council.] Lit., a federal council, esp. of the German Empire. See Legislature.
Bundle
Bun″dle (bŭn″d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. bündel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.] A number of things bound together, ...
Bundle (2)
Bun″dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bundled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bundling (�).] 1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.They unmercifully bundle...
Bundle (3)
Bun″dle, v. i. 1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; — applied to the custom of a man and woman,...
Bundobust
‖Bun″do‐bust (?), n. [Hind. & Per. bando-bast tying and binding.] System; discipline.He has more bundobust than most men. Kipling.
Bung
Bung (�), n. [Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout, OGael. buine.] 1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.2. The orifice in the bilge of a cas...
Bung (2)
Bung, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bunged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bunging (�).] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; — with up.To bung up, to use up, as by b...
Bungalow
Bun″ga‐low (�), n. [Bengalee bānglā] A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda.
Bungarum
‖Bun″ga‐rum (�), n. [Bungar, the native name.] (Zoöl.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.
Bunghole
Bung″hole′ (�), n. See Bung, n., 2. Shak.
Bungle
Bun″gle (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bungled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bungling (�).] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.] To a...
Bungle (2)
Bun″gle, v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; — sometimes with up.I always had an idea that it would be bungled.Byron.
Bungle (3)
Bun″gle (�), n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.Those errors and bungles which are committed.Cudworth.
Bungler
Bun″gler (�), n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to b...
Bungling
Bun″gling (�), a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift.They make but bungling work.Dryden.
Bunglingly
Bun″gling‐ly, adv. Clumsily; awkwardly.
Bungo
Bun″go (�), n.(Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett.