BUCKLER 



BUNTING 



acese, q.v. B. s/teep=Hybrids of he goats and 

 sheep. 



Buckler-beak=Aspidorhynchus, q.v. 



Bud, (bud). [Bot, the Dutch name.] 1. An 

 outgrowth containing the rudiments of a 

 flower. 2. The first stage of gemmiparity, q.v. 



Budding, (bud'ding). [Bud, q.v.] A variety 

 of fission=Gemniiparity, q.v. 



Bude light, (bud). The consumption of oil 

 or gas in a stream of air ; originally the gas 

 was burnt in a number of concentric rings 

 of jets. 



Buffalo,(buffa-15). [Bufalo, the Spanish name.] 

 A large wild ani- 

 mal of the ox kind. 

 Common B. = Bos 

 buffalus = Bubalus 

 bubalis. Cape B. 

 =Bos caffer = Bu- 

 balus caffer. Ame- 

 rica n B. Bos Ame- 

 ricanus=Bison. B. 

 grass=Sesleriadac- Buflalo 



tyloidea. 



Buffy-coat. The light-coloured surface of blood, 

 when the coagulated particles have sunk. 



Bufo, (bu'fo). [The Latin name.]=Common 

 toad=Rana bufo, q.v. 



Bufonidse, (bu-fon'i-de). [Bufo, q.v.]=1oada : 

 very wide spread, especially in 8. America. 



Bufonites, (bu'fo-nits). A general term ap- 

 plied to fossil fish-teeth found in Oolitic 

 rocks ; also called serpent's eyes. 



Bug, (bug). [W. bu-ff, scarecrow.] An in- 

 sect belonging to Heteroptera. Air B.= 

 Land B. = Geocorisa. Scarlet B. Pyrr- 

 hoeoris. Common .C.:=Cimex. 



Bugloss, (bu'glos). [Buglossa, the Latin 

 name.] 1. Echium, q.v. 2. Anchusa 

 aryensis : plants belonging to Boraginaeeie. 

 Vipers JB.=Echinus vulgare. 



Buhl, (bQl). [M. Boule, the inventor.] In- 

 laid work, especially of metal upon wood. 



Buhrstone, (bur'ston). [O. E. bur, whetstone. ] 

 A hard stone of cellular structure, chiefly 

 flinty quartz, used for millstones. 



Building, (bil'ding). [A.-S. byldan, to build.] 

 Used as an adjective for animals which con- 

 struct hives, nests, &c. B. birds; bower- 

 bird, magpie, wren, thrush, <fec. B. insects ; 

 wasps, ants, &c. , B. mammalia ; bettong, 

 musquash, &c. 



Builge, (bilj). [Probably a corruption of 

 bulge.'] The full part of a ship, on each 

 side, which has to be supported when aground. 



Builgeways, (bilj'waz). [Builge, q.v.] Sup- 

 port the cradle in launching. 



Bulb, (bulb). [Bulbus, the Latin name.] An 

 underground bud, usually can live if 

 separated. 



Bulimulus, (bu-lim'u-lus). [Bulimug, q.v.] A 

 variety of Bulimus, having a differently 

 shaped lip. 



Bulimus, (bu-H'mus). [Altered from Buli- 

 nus, or Gk. boulimos.] Plant-eating mol- 

 luscs of very many species. B. auris vulpina: 

 a large shell of St. Helena, recently extinct. 



Bull, (bul). [A.-S. bellan, to roar.] 1. The 

 male of uuiaials belonging to Bovidte. 2. 



Used generally for the male of any large 

 quadruped. 3. Taurus : one of the sigua 

 of the Zodiac. 



Bull's eye. [Named from its shape.] A 

 double convex lens, used to condense a ray 

 of light. 



Bulla, (bul'la). [L. bulla, bubble.] The typi- 

 cal genus of Bullidse. 



Bull-dog sounding machine, A large pair of 

 scoops carried down by a weight, afterwards 

 detached, which bring up specimens of the 

 sea bottom; first used in the ship " Bull-Dog." 



Bullet-tree=Mimusops : a plant belonging to 

 Sapotaceae. 



Bulifinch=Pyrrhula : a bird with short hard 

 beak, short wings, living on seeds, related 

 to the canary. 



Bullfrog=Rana Mugiens : a large N. Ameri- 

 can variety, sometimes used as food ; eats 

 small birds. 



Bull's horn thorn. A species of Acacia, be- 

 longing to Gummiferse, having horn-like 

 spines on the trunk and branches. 



Eullidse, (bulli-de). [Bulla, ?.i;.]=Bubble- 

 shells: marine mollusca belonging to Gaster- 

 opoda. 



Bulrush, (bul'rush). l.^Typha : a plant be- 

 longing to Typhaceoo. 2.=Scirpus lacustris: 

 a plant belonging to Cyperaceaj. 



Bulrushes^Typhacese, q.v. 



Bungalow, (bungVlo). [Banglu, the local 

 name.] A slight- 

 ly - built house, 

 usually of only 

 one story, coin- 

 mon in the 

 country districts 

 of India. 



Bunium, (bil'ni-' 

 um). [Bounic 

 the Greek name.] 

 B- flexuosum = ' 



The Pig nut= Bungalovr. 



=Ground-nut=Earth-nut. v. Carum. 



Bunsen. [Prof. Bunsen.] B.'s photometer: 

 a paper screen, a portion of which is greased: 

 the light to be measured is placed on ono 

 side, a standard light on the other. B.'s 

 battery: a galvanic battery consisting of 

 rods or plates of carbon in strong nitric acid, 

 and plates of zinc in dilute sulphuric acid, 

 a strong but not constant battery. B.'s 

 burner: for burning coal-gas mixed with air 

 in varying quantities, so as give more light 

 or more heat as required. 



Bunt, (bunt). [ Ger. bund. ] Wheat-bunt= 

 Tilletia. 



Bunter-sandstein=Lower Trias = New Red 

 Sandstone : thick beds of sandstone in Eng- 

 land in which footprints of the Cheiro- 

 therium are found. 



Bunting, (bun'ting). [Ger. bunt, variegated.] 

 1. The material of flags, &c., the colours of 

 which are especially permanent and bright, 

 used also to mark the length of the lines used 

 in sounding. 2. A general name for a number 

 of small perching birds. Common B. =Em. 

 beriza miliaria. Snow -S.=Plectrophanes 

 ni van's. 



