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A bubonocele, accompanied with a divi- 

 sion of the peritoneum. 



UrcAo, a species of owl of the Philip- 

 pine isles. It resembles the peacock in 

 size, has beautiful plumage, and utters a 

 hideous nocturnal scream. 



Buc'cs LORIC'AT^E, mailed -cheeks. A 

 family of Acanthopterygious fishes, to 

 which the singular appearance of the 

 head, variously mailed and protected, 

 gives a peculiar aspect, that has always 

 caused them to be arranged in special 

 genera, although they have many close 

 affinities with the perches. The fiying- 

 Jishes are examples of this tribe. 



Buc'CANEE'Rs,Fr.&OMzmar The pirates 

 who infested the coasts of the "West In- 

 dies and South America in the 17th and 

 18th centuries. 



BUCCEL'LA, an old name for a polypus in 

 ti * >nse, formerly believed to grow from 

 til* c>- k (buccd). 



R?:*<in'Tioy,1niccellatio. A mode of 

 /;9.>l'jr haemorrhage, by applying lint 

 U;WMI <ne vein or artery. 



f CCINA, an ancient musical instru- 

 ment of the trumpet kind, the sound of 

 which was called bucciims, and the player 

 buccinator. 



BUCCINATOR, a trumpeter (fiouxarov, 

 a trumpet). The Latin name of the trum- 

 peter's muscle ; a large flat muscle, which 

 forms, in a manner, the walls of the 

 cheeks. 



BUCCINI'NJE, the whelks. A sub-family 

 of Testacea, of the order Gasteropoda. 

 Type, Jiuccinum. 



BUC'CJ x ITES, fossil remains of the whelk- 

 genus of shells (buccinwn). 



BUC'CINUM, the whelk. A genus of Tes- 

 tacea, of the Buccinoid family, Cuv. This 

 genms comprises all the shells furnished 

 with an emargination, and in which the 

 columella is destitute of plicae. Brugneir 

 has divided them into four genera; the 

 Muccintim, the Pttrpura, the Cassis, and 

 the Terebra ; and Lamarck has divided the 

 latter two into the five genera, JVassa, 

 hnrna, Ancillaria, Dolium, and Harpa. 



huc'co, the barbet. A genus of birds of 

 the order Scansorice. The barbels have a 

 thick conical beak, inflated on the sides of 

 its base, from which they take their 

 generic name (bitcco, to inflate the cheeks). 

 They are natives of hot climates, live on 

 insects, and build in the hollows of trees. 



BCCENTA'UR, the great-centaur (fieu, 

 great, and xmretueo;, centaur). The 

 splendid galley in which the Doge of 

 Venice annually sailed on Ascension-day, 

 to wed the Adriatic, by dropping a ring 

 into it, was thus nanud. 



BucEPH'ALO!,a plant (the Trophis Ame- 

 ricana), which produces a red, coarse, 

 edible fruit, eaten in Jamaica. Named 

 from 0oy, great, and xiictl.r,, head. 



I Brc*:rn'\Lrs.the famous horse of Alex- 

 ander thi. Groat, which COM KOOl. Named 

 from |3ey, great, and *e^Xij, head, in 

 allusion to the great size of his head. The 

 name is now given to an animal of the 

 gazelle tribe, of the size of a hind. 



BU'CEROS, the horn-bill. A genus of 

 omnivorous birds of Africa and India, 

 whose enormous dentated beak is studded 

 with excrescences which sometimes equal 

 in size the beak itself. This allies them, 

 to the Toucans, but their habits approx- 

 imate them to the Crows, and their feet 

 to the Bee-eaters and Kingfishers. The 

 Hornbills are placed by Cuvier in the 

 order Passerines, and family Ttnttirottrm 

 Name, fiovztfens , of /2ovs , an ox, and 

 -S.\OOL; . a horn. 



BCCH'AISMTES, a set of enthusiasts who 

 sprung up at Irvine, in the West of Scot- 

 land, about 1783. They take their name 

 from Elizabeth Buchan, the wife of a 

 painter near Glasgow, who styled herself 

 the woman of the 12th of Revelation ! 



Brent-, the name given by the natives 

 of the Cape of Good Hope to the Diosma 

 crenata, a shrubby plant, the leaves of 

 which are much used in medicine. 



BTC'KA, a medicinal leaf imported from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, and used as an 

 antispasmodic. 



BCCK'BEAN, a corruption of bog-bean. 

 The Menyanthus trifoliata, which grows 

 not unlike a bean, and in boggy places. 



BUCKETS, in water-wheels, are fi series 

 of cavities placed on the circumference of 

 the wheel, into which the water is deli- 

 vered to set the wheel in motion. By the 

 revolxition of the wheel, the buckets are 

 alternately placed so as to receive the 

 water, and inverted so as to discharge it, 

 the loaded side always descending. See 

 WATER -WHEEL. 



BUC'KETY, paste used by weavers to> 

 dress their webs. Corrupted from Eiick- 

 tcheat. 



BUCK'IXO, the process of soaking cloth 

 in ley (buck) for the purpose of blc-a.chj.ng. 



BCCK'LE, Fr. boucle. In coata of arms 

 buckles are tokens of surety, faith, and 

 service of the bearer. 



BucK'LER.Fr. bouclier. A kind of shield 

 or defensive piece of armour, anciently 

 used in war. It was often made of wicker- 

 work, fortified with plates of brass or 

 other metal, and borne on the left arm. 



BUCK'MAST, the mast or fruit of the 

 beech- tree. Buck, beech, and mast. 



BucK'RAM.Fr. bovgram. A sort of coarse 

 cloth, made of hemp, gummed, calen- 

 dered, and dyed several colours. It is 

 used to stiffen garments, &c. 



BUCK'S-HORN. 1. the Plantago coro 



nopuf, a British annual plant. 2. ThA 



Cotiila eoronupifolia , an annual of the Cap* 

 of Good Hope. 3. The tcarted buc/t'tr 



