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- English Word Bunk Definition A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
- English Word Bunk Definition To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in.
- English Word Bunked Definition of Bunk
- English Word Bunker Definition A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.
- English Word Bunker Definition A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
- English Word Bunking Definition of Bunk
- English Word Bunko Definition A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.
- English Word Bunkum Definition Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show.
- English Word Bunkum Definition See Buncombe.
- English Word Bunn Definition A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.
- English Word Bunn Definition See Bun.
- English Word Bunnian Definition See Bunyon.
- English Word Bunny Definition A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.
- English Word Bunny Definition A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.
- English Word Bunodonta Definition Alt. of Bunodonts
- English Word Bunodonts Definition A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.
- English Word Bunsen's battery Definition Alt. of Bunsen's burner
- English Word Bunsen's burner Definition See under Battery, and Burner.
- English Word Bunt Definition A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
- English Word Bunt Definition The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- English Word Bunt Definition To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
- English Word Bunt Definition To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
- English Word Bunter Definition A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman.
- English Word Buntine Definition A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.
- English Word Bunting Definition A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).
- English Word Bunting Definition Alt. of Buntine
- English Word Buntline Definition 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.
- English Word Bunyon Definition Alt. of Bunion
- English Word Buolt Definition Corrupted form Bolt.
- English Word Buoy Definition A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.