BUFFOON
BUFFOON', noun1. A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures and posture, jokes and other vulgar pleasantries. A droll; a mimic.2. He that uses in...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BUFFOONERY
BUFFOON'ERY, noun The arts and practices of a buffoon; low jests; ridiculous pranks; vulgar tricks and postures.Dryden has placed the accent improperly on the first syllable.
BUFFOONING
BUFFOON'ING, noun Buffoonery.
BUFFOONISH
BUFFOON'ISH, adjective Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gesture.
BUFFOONISM
BUFFOON'ISM, noun The practices of a buffoon.BUFFOON'-LIKE, adjective Resembling a buffoon.
BUFFOONLY
BUFFOON'LY, adjective Consisting of low vulgar tricks. [Little used.]
BUFONITE
BU'FONITE, noun [Latin bufo, a toad.] Toadstone, or fossil-teeth of the anarrhicas or sea-wolf, formerly much esteemed for its imaginary virtues and worn in rings. It was named ...
BUG
BUG, noun In common language, the name of a vast multitude of insects, which infest houses and plants. In zoology, this word is applied to the insects arranged under the genus C...
BUGBEAR
BUG'BEAR, verb transitive To alarm or frighten with idle phantoms.
BUGEE
BUGEE', noun A species of monkey found in India, of a beaver color.
BUGELUGEY
BU'GELUGEY, noun A large species of lizard, four feet long.
BUGGER
BUG'GER, noun One guilty of the crime against nature. A vile wretch; a term of reproach.
BUGGERY
BUG'GERY, noun The unnatural and detestable crime of carnal intercourse of man or woman with a beast; or of human beings unnaturally with each other.
BUGGINESS
BUG'GINESS, noun [from buggy.] The state of being infected with bugs.
BUGGY
BUG'GY, adjective [from bug.] Abounding with bugs.
BUGLE
BU'GLE,BU'GLE-HORN, noun A hunting horn.1. A military instrument of music.BU'GLE, noun A shining bead of black glass.BU'GLE, noun [Latin bugula, or bugillo.] A genus of plants, ...
BUGLE-HORN
BU'GLE-HORN, n. A hunting horn.1. A military instrument of music.
BUGLE-WEED
BU'GLE-WEED, noun A plant, the lycopus virginicus, valued as a remedy for haemoptysis, or spitting of blood.
BUGLOSS
BU'GLOSS, noun [Latin buglossus; Gr. an ox, and tongue.]A genus of plants, called alkanet; in botany, anchusa.The small wild bugloss is the Asperugo.The viper's bugloss is the E...
BUGWORT
BUG'WORT, noun A plant, the Cimicifuga.
BUHRSTONE
BUHR'STONE, noun A subspecies of silex or quartz, occurring in amorphous masses, partly compact, but containing many irregular cavities. It is used for mill-stones.This word is ...
BUILD
BUILD,BILD, verb transitive bild; preterit tense built; participle passive built, pronounced bilt. The regular preterit tense and participle passive builded, is sometimes used.1...
BUILDER
BUILD'ER, noun bild'er. One who builds; one whose occupation is to build; an architect, a ship-wright, a mason, etc.1. A creator.Whose builder and maker is God. Hebrews 11:10.
BUILDING
BUILD'ING, participle present tense bild'ing. Framing and erecting; resting on.BUILD'ING, noun bild'ing. A fabric or edifice constructed for use or convenience, as a house, a ch...
BUILT
BUILT, participle passive bilt. Framed and raised; constructed.BUILT, noun bilt. Form; shape; general figure of a structure; as the built of a ship.1. Species of building.
BUL
BUL, noun The common flounder.
BULB
BULB, noun [Latin bulbus, a bulb or round root.] A round body, applied to many objects. But in botany, it is appropriately a bud formed under ground, upon or near the roots of c...