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; bulbocastanum, to which the popuiar 

 .ames above noted are particularly aj>- 

 .iliea, has a tuberous aid whitish root of 

 'he size of a nutmeg. It is nutritious, 

 -~?d has a sweetish ta?ce ar?d flavour not 

 ir.like the chesnut, espuMally when 

 wiit-iJ: honcc called the ecylfi-chrmut. 



BUJl'DLE-PILLAR, in CrCihic C.fC.lvU.'t'Jfe, 



-. column consisting of a number of ircall 

 iill?TS round its circumference : it L> lius 

 .he reverse of fluted. 



Bus i'ER. In Scotland, a seat in a vrin- 

 iow, vrhich also serves for a chest, opcr.- 

 !ng with a hinged lid. Dan. bunker; 

 joth. banck, a bench. 



BUNJ*. In Scotland, a loaf; Ir. bunna, 

 a mass. 



BUNS'INQ, an animal peculiar to the 

 Cr>e of Good Hope, resembling the ferret 

 in -is proportions, but twice as large. 

 ' ptr?ued it emits an intolerable 



H-rfT. I In naw''-iil language, lie 



.niddle pbJrt or cavity of the principal 



square sails, as the mainsail, foresail, &c. 



2. In cor.chology, an increasing cavity, 



a tunnel. 



The term bunt is also used as a verb, 



meaning to stcell out or bilge, and in po- 



pular language it has sometimes the 



sense of butt. 



BUNT'ING. 1. A thin woollen stuff, of 

 which the colours and signals of ship 

 are usually formed. - 2. In cmithcloyy, 

 a name common to all the species cf the 

 genus Embiriza, Lin. Also . common 

 name of th>; Alauda calandra, Lm. 



BUNT'LIN^S. In ships, small lines made 

 fast to the tcttoms of square sails, to 

 draw them up to their yards. They are 

 fastened to the middle of the bolt-rope. 



BUOY, Fr. boute. A piece of wood, cork, 

 or other light substance, moored and 

 floating on the surface of the water. 

 Buoys of wood are sometimes solid, and 

 sometimes hollow like a cask, and strongly 

 hooped. They are made of various shapes 

 and sizes, and are either private or public. 

 The private buoys are such as belor.p to 

 ^rivate individuals, and are chiefly em- 

 ployed to mark the place of a ship's 

 anchor. The public buoys are scaticned 

 by the competent authorities. They are 

 usually of a large size, and painted so as 

 to be readily recognised by the descrip- 

 tions of them in the charts. Their uses 

 are to point out dangers, and to direct 

 navigators into the safest chanrelg. The 

 life or safety buoy is suspended from the 

 stern of the ship, and ready to r-e let go 

 (with a light attached to U *t &Unt) IB 

 the event of any person falling overboard. 

 Its use is to keep the person (.float till 

 taken out of the water. To itream the 

 buoy, ie a nautical phrase meaning to let 

 r .Je buoy fall from the sideol the so rp in to 

 the water before letting go the anchor. 



BI-OY'-ROPE, the rope whl^h fastens the 

 buoy to the r.-.chor. It ehruld be strong 

 enough to rf-ise the anchor by in ca.su the 

 cablo should break. 



BU'PHAGA, the ox-eater, or beef-enter. 

 A genus of African birds of one species 

 (B.A/ncana), belonging to the order Pat- 

 seruice, and family Coniroftrei. Named 

 from 3eu;, an ox, and qayu to eat. Thia 

 bird is about the size of a thrush, and has 

 obtained the alarming names which it 

 bears, from its lighting on the backs of 

 cattle, and compressing the skin with its 

 inflated and blunt pointed mandibles, to 

 force out the larv?.? of the oestrus or gad- 

 fly, lodged in it, and on which it feeds. 



BCPHO'NIA, an Athenian festival in 

 honour of Jupiter, from @ov;, an ox, and 

 Qaatri, slaughter, an ox being immolated 

 with much, quaint ceremony. 



BL-PLEU'RVM, the hare's - ear, or 

 thorough-wax. A genus of plants of 

 many gpecic.3. .Pentandria Digynia. 

 Name, from ,?oy , great, and rAtu^ey, a rib, 

 in alii ?ior to the lajr^e rib or vidns upon 

 its leefv.s. The throe British species ene 

 annu>..'k. 



Bu7>_-is'Tis, a genus of coleopterous in- 

 sects c* xhe Serricorne family, remark- 

 able foi iheii brilliant colours ; some 

 species having a brilliant polished gold 

 colour on an emerald ground ; in others, 

 an azure blue glistens over the gold, and 

 in ir any species there is a union of several 

 reetiliic colours. The generic appellation 

 Ricnxrd was given to these insects by 

 Gxorfroy, to denote the richness of their 

 livery. The tame, ^OIKT^FTI;, was given 

 anciently ;P1. 30, 4,) to an insect noxious 

 to cattle. (3atif, a cow, and MJflw, to in- 

 flame ; perhaps the Burn-cow, which causes 

 inflammation in the mouths of cattle 

 when feeding. 



BUFTHAI/XIA, \ the ox-eye, j26Vf,&& ox. 



BurTHAL'itcs, Jand e<t8eAfM(, an eye. 

 A ensnare regarded by most writers as the 

 first etage of hydrotbaimia, or dropsy of 

 the eye. 



BrpTH*t'MuM, the ox-eye. A genus of 

 plants of 13 species ; some shrubs, some 

 annuals, and some perennials. Syngsnesia 

 Pol. tufurflua. Named from @ouf, an 

 ox, and ofdcthftef, an eye, from, a sup- 

 posed resemblance of the floweia of some 

 of the species to an ox's-eye. 



BUR'BOT, the Oadus lota a fish shaped 

 like an eel, but shorter in its proportions, 

 with a broad head, and in its nose two 

 small beards, and another on its chin. It 

 is disgusting in its appearance but ia excel- 

 lent food. In some localities it hi*> tne 

 name of eel-inntt. 



Bua'ci.a term among the Tur*jr>i t> 

 rich covering of the door of the b<"..*: ; <* 

 Mecca. It is 10 feet long, Jid 6 f'-n ,<id;, 



