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bulls? take their name from the form of 

 the shtill, which is ovate and gibbose. The 

 shell occurs fossil in the tertiary for- 

 mations. 



H'JL'LJE, in Roman arthaology , little 

 LolJow ornaments of gold made in the 

 form of a heart, and suspended round the 

 Ef:ks of the children of the nobles until 

 they attained the age of 14 years, when 

 they were taken oil' and hung up as sacred 

 to the Lares. 



JJci.LAN'xic,a term designating certain 

 ornamental capital letters used in apos- 

 tolic bulls (bullai'). 



Bt I/LATE, Lai. bttllatus, blistered; ap- 

 plied to the leaves of plants when the 

 ve;m arc so tight that the intermediate 

 space nnpears blistered : e. g. cabbage. 



BVLI/-DGO, a variety of the common 

 dog. The cants inolossus of naturalists, 

 remarkable for its short broad muzzle 

 and the projecture of its under jaw, which 

 causes the lower teeth to protrude be- 

 yond the upper. 



BUL'LEN NAILS, nails with round heads 

 and short shanks, tinned and lackered. 

 These nails are principally used in the 

 hangings of rooms. 



BUL'LETIN, in France, an official report 

 giving an account of the actual condition 

 of some important affair; e. g. bulletin of 

 the army. Le Bulletin des Sciences et de 

 I'Industrie is published monthly at Paris 

 'o? the French Society for the Promotion of 

 Useful Knowledge. The term bulletin is 

 dim. of bulle, a bull or written instrument. 



BOLL'-FIGHTS, one of the favourite diver- 

 sions of the Spaniards, exhibited at Ma- 

 drid twice a week, for the benefit of the 

 general hospital ! At those disgraceful 

 exhibitions all the spectators are dressed 

 In their best ; the combatants, who make 

 bull-fighting their business, march into 

 the arena with some magistrate at their 

 head: the corregidor gives the signal, 

 and the bull is let in, and the attack is 

 commenced. If the bull is too inactive, 

 dogs are set upon him ; if he is too active, 

 he kills a few horses before he is himself 

 killed by the sword of the matador (killer). 



BVLI/FINCH, the Lojria pyrrhola, a well- 

 known European bird which has a short, 

 ronnded, robust bill, a black-cap (hence 

 called black-cap] , and plumage on the back 

 of a dark blue-gray colour: the inferior 

 parts of the body are reddish. 



BULL'FROO, the Rana ocellata, a large 

 pecies of frog found in North America, 

 of a dusky brown colour, mixed with 

 yellowish green, and spotted black 



BULL'-HEAD. 1. The Cottut, a genus of 

 fishes with a head broader than the body, 

 whence the name. This fish is known in 

 ome places by the name of the Miller's 

 Ihwnb. 2. A small black water-insect. 



BUL'LIS-E, a sub family of Mollusca, of 

 Which the genus bulla is the type. 



Bi- I/LION, uncoined gold or silver in the 

 mass. The precious metals are called 

 bullion when smelted and not perfectly 

 refined, or when refined and cast into 

 bars, ingots, or plates. Foreign coin is 

 bought and sold under the name of bul- 

 lion in this country. 



BULL'S'-EYE, a little skylight in the 

 covering or roof, designed to admit light 

 to a granary or the like. The centre of a 

 target, when used as a mark to shoot at. 



BULL'S NOSE, the external angle of a 

 polygon, or of two lines meeting at an 

 obtuse angle. 



BULL-TROUT, the sea-trout or salmon- 

 trout ; a large species of trout thicker in 

 its proportions than the common trout. 

 Weight 3 Ibs. 



BUL'RUSH, a large species of rush. The 

 Jitncus globulosus, a native of Egypt. The 

 name is applied popularly to any large 

 species of rush. 



BUL'WARK, in ancient fortifications, is 

 nearly the same with bastion in the mo- 

 dern. The term is Teut. bolle, round, and 

 werk, work, i. e. a round or spherical 

 fabric. See RAMPART and TORUS. 



BOM'BAILIFF, an under bailiff, or sub- 

 ordinate civil officer, appointed to serve 

 writs, and to make arrests and executions, 

 and bound with sureties for a faithful 

 discharge of his trust. The term is a cor- 

 ruption of boiind-baUiff. See BAILIFF. 



BUM'-BEE. ) These popular names 



BUM'BLE-BEE. J are common to all the 

 species. The genera Xyloco/xi and Boinbus, 

 Latr. and Fabr.,the humble-bee, which 

 are large and particularly characterised 

 by the humming sound which they make. 



BCM'BOAT, a small boat used to carry- 

 provisions to vessels lying at a distance 

 from shore. HUM is Welsh, ban, mean, 

 insignificant. 



BUMEL'IA, the bastard bully tree. A 

 genus of eight species, trees and shrubs 

 natives of America and the "West Indicb. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. Name poufA&ict, 

 a species of ash-tree, mentioned by I'liiiy, 

 lib. 16. c. 13. 



BUNCH'OSIA, a genus comprehending si t 

 species, trees, and shrubs: natives nt 

 America and West Indies. Decandria 

 Trigynia. 



BUNOAI.OW', an East Indian term for a 

 house with a thatched roof. 



U'NIJLS, a genus of European plant* of 

 three species. TetradynamiaSiliciUvi-j. 

 The name was anciently applied to the 

 turnip (Plin. 20. 4). 



BU'N IUM , the earth-nut , pig-nut, kipper- 

 nut, hawk-nut, &c. A genus of perennial 

 plants of two species, both found in Hn- 

 i. Pentandria Digynia. The name 

 was applied by the ancients to the turnip 

 8wno), but it has been used at different 

 times to denote different plants. Th 



