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hom is a species of Cochlearia or scurvy 

 grass. 



BVCK'STALL, a toil or net to take deer. 

 BUCX'THORN, a name common to all the 

 plants of the genus Khamnus. The buck 

 thorn of the shops is the expressed juice 01 

 the berries of the R.catharticus, or purg- 

 ing Buckthorn, a shrub common in Bri- 

 tain. It is em ployed as a drastic purgative 

 The berries of the common alder (jR. fran- 

 tfula) are often used for the same purpose. A 

 decoction of this tree (alder) is extensively 

 used in medicine. It is most astringent. 



BUCK'-WHEAT, the Polygonum fago- 

 jyrum, an annual plant which grows well 

 ; n all parts of Britain. It is extensively 

 viltivated, in order that it may, when 

 young and green, bo employed as fodder 

 for cattle: when allowed to ripen, the 

 i?rain is chiefly employed to feed poultry. 

 ) t is known in some parts by the names of 

 tfrench-wheat and brank Its native place 

 I 1 * supposed to be Asia. The Eastern 

 buck- wheat is the Polygonum divaricatum, 

 t\ perennial of Siberia. 



BCCNEMIA, fram $ou, great, and xv*i{**i, 

 the leg. The generic name of a disease 

 characterised by a tense, diffuse, inflam- 

 matory swelling of a lower extremity, 

 usually commencing at the inguinal 

 glands, and extending in the course of the 

 iymphatics. The paerperal swelled leg, 

 and the Barbadoes leg, are species of this 

 genus. 



Brcax'siow, the snap-dragon plant, a 

 opecies of Antirrhinum, so named from 

 fiouf, an ox, and %com t ov, the head, in al- 

 lusion to a supposed resemblance of its 

 tiower to the head of an ox. 



Bro, from Sax. budan or boudan, to 

 proffer. 1. In botany, a small protuber- 

 ance on the stem or branches of a plant, 

 containing the rudiments of future leaves 

 or a flower. Shrubs in general have no 

 buds, neither have the trees of hot cli- 

 mates. See GEMMA. 2. In horticulture, 



to bwi is to inoculate a plant, that is, to 

 insert the bud of a plant under the bark 

 of another tree, for the purpose of raising 

 upon any stock a species of fruit different 

 from that of the stock. 



BtiiD'msM, the doctrine of the Budd- 

 hists in Asia. 



BITD'DI.E, in mining, alarge square frame 

 ot boards, in which tin ores are washed; 

 hence to huddle is to wash ores. 



BUDGE BACHELORS, a company of men 

 dressed in long gowns lined with lamb's 

 fur, who accompany the Lord Mayor of 

 London at his inauguration. 



BUDGB-BARRZL, a small barrel with 

 only one head, and on the other end a 

 V'feee of leather is nailed, which is drawn 

 together with strings like a purse. It is 

 used for carrying powder with a gun or 

 /mortar 



BCD'OF.T, Fr. bougette, from Norm, bovge, 

 a bag. The budget, in the parliamentary 

 language of Britain, means the Minis- 

 ters' proposed plan of taxation for the 

 ensuing year, and comprehends a general 

 view of the national debt, income, and 

 expenditure, ways and means, &c., with 

 a general view of the actual product of 

 the preceding budget. It is brought for- 

 ward in parliament by the Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer. 



BUFF, contracted from Buffalo. 1. Buff- 

 skin, a sort of leather prepared from the 

 skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like 

 shammy. It is used for making bando- 

 liers, belts, pouches, gloves, and other 

 similar articles. The skins of oxen, elks, 

 and other animals, dressed in like 'man- 

 ner, are also called buffs. ?. The co- 

 lour of buff; a light yellow, with a slight 

 reddish shade. 3. A yellow viscid sub- 

 stance formed on the surface of blood 

 drawn in inflammatory diseases. 



BCFFALO, the bos bubalus, Linn. A ru- 

 minant animal, originally of India. It is 

 larger and less docile than the common . 

 ox, and inhabits marshy places, and eats 

 coarse plants on which the ox could not 

 live. Its milk is good, its hide strong, 

 but its flesh is not esteemed. The name 

 is also applied to wild oxen, generally and 

 especially to the Bison of America (Hot 

 bison, Linn.) See BISON. 



BUF'FON, the Numidian crane, an Afri- 

 can fowl, named in honour of Count Buf- 

 fon, the naturalist. 



~CF'FONIA, the generic name of a 

 British biennial. letrandria Diijynia. 

 Named in honour of Count Buffon. 



BU'FO, the toad, a well known genus of 

 Batrachian animals. Their bite, saliva, 

 &c., are erroneously considered poison- 

 ous ; but their appearance is against 

 them. 



BU'FONITES, from bufo. The Sufonis 

 lapis, or toad-stone. The teeth of several 

 species of fossil fish, which appear to be- 

 ong chiefly to the genera Anarrhicas and 

 Sparus, got the name of bufonites because 

 hey were formerly believed to have been 

 generated in the head of ine toad, or vo- 

 mited by that animal; chelonites, be- 

 cause they were believed to be petrified 

 ortoises' eggs, and various other names 

 for equally good reasons, as serpents' 

 eyes, Batrachites, Crapaudines, &c. They 

 were formerly believed to possess great 

 alexipharmic virtues, and changed colour 

 on the approach of poison. They cccur 

 in great abundance throughout the oolite 

 formation. 



BUG, in common language, the name of 

 a vast number of insects which infest 

 houses and plants. By entomologists 

 the word is applied to those insects ar- 

 ranged in the genus Ci.cj-. They are 

 furnished with a rostrum or beak, witto 



