Webster's Dictionary 1913

5617

Bunion

Bun″ion (�), n.(Med.) Same as Bunyon.

5618

Bunk

Bunk (�), n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf. Bunch.] 1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.2. One of a series ...

5619

Bunk (2)

Bunk, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bunked (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bunking.] To go to bed in a bunk; — sometimes with in. Bartlett.

5620

Bunker

Bun″ker (�), n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench.]1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for ...

5621

Bunker (2)

Bun″ker (?), n. 1. A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. Sir W. Scott.2. (Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links; also, an artificial hazard with built-up...

5622

Bunker (3)

Bun″ker, v. t.(Golf) To drive (the ball) into a bunker.

5623

Bunko

Bun″ko (�), n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. Bank (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lotter...

5624

Bunko (2)

Bun″ko (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bunkoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Bunkoing.] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, pa...

5625

Bunkum (2)

Bun″kum (�), n. See Buncombe.

5626

Bunn (2)

Bunn (�), n. See Bun.

5627

Bunnian

Bun″nian (�), n. See Bunyon.

5628

Bunny

Bun″ny (�), n.(Mining) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.

5629

Bunny (2)

Bun″ny, n. A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.

5630

Bunodonta

{ ‖Bu′no‐don″ta (�), Bu″no‐donts (�), } n. pl. [NL. bunodonta, fr. Gr. � hill, heap + �, �, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippop...

5631

Bunsen cell

Bun″sen cell (?). (Elec.) A zinc-carbon cell in which the zinc (amalgamated) is surrounded by dilute sulphuric acid, and the carbon by nitric acid or a chromic acid mixture, the...

5632

Bunsen's battery

{ Bun″sen's bat″ter‐y (�), Bun″sen's burn′er } (�). See under Battery, and Burner.

5633

Bunt

Bunt (�), n.(Bot.) A fungus (Ustilago fœtida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; — also called pepperbrand.

5634

Bunt (2)

Bunt, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard...

5635

Bunt (3)

Bunt, v. i.(Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts.

5636

Bunt (4)

Bunt, v. t. & i. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

5637

Bunt (5)

Bunt, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball.

5638

Bunt (6)

Bunt, v. t. & i.(Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.

5639

Bunter

Bun″ter (�), n. A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman.Her... daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns.Goldsmith.

5640

Bunting

Bun″ting (�), n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zoöl.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and ...

5641

Bunting (2)

{ Bun″ting, Bun″tine } (�), n. [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.] A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags,...

5642

Buntline

Bunt″line (�), n. [2d bunt + line.] (Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.

5643

Bunyon

{ Bun″yon, Bun″ion } (�), n. [Cf. Prov. E. bunny a small swelling, fr. OF. bugne, It. bugna, bugnone. See Bun.] (Med.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac ...