B U L 



B U L 



Peif. Sat. V. vcv. 20. Hift. Acad. Infer, torn. ii. Valer. 

 Mhx. lib. ill. cap. 1. Cic. in Verr. I. 5S. Macrob. Sat. 



1. 6. 



Bum. A was alfa a denomination given to divtrs other 

 metalline ornain.'cits mace after the form of bullic. 



In which fenfo, bullx fecm to include all golden and lil- 

 ver ornaments of a roiindifli form, whether worn on the 

 habits of men, the trappings of horfes. or the like. Such 

 were thofe decorations nfed by the ancients on their belts 

 and doors. Virgil, fpeaking of Pallas's belt or girdle, 



" Notis fulfcrunt cingula biillis 

 Pallantis pncri." .flineid. lib. xii. ver. 942. 



The bulla- of doors were a kiiid of large-headed nails 

 fallcntd on the doors of the rich, and kept bright with 

 great care. Tiie doors of temples were fometimes adorned 

 with golden bullje. 



Tilt bulla: worn by foldiers on their belts, and alfo on 

 the doors of hoiifes, &:c. have been conlidered by ionie, 

 not merely as ornaments, but as a kind of amulets, and 

 intended as prefcrvatives from dileafes and dangers, as well 

 as incentives to glory. 



Bulla alfo denoted a table hunir up in the public courts, 

 tp ditlinguilli which days wcvt; f 11// i, and which itfjljli ; an- 

 fwering in fome mcafure to our calendar. 



Bulla, in Conchulo^y, the name of a genus of fliells the 

 charafter of vvliich is thus defined : animal a limax ; fliell 

 univalve, convoluted, and unarmed ; mouth, or aperture, 

 fomewhat Itraiteneci, oblong, longitudinal, and at the bafe 

 very entire ; pillar-lip oblique, and fniooth. 



The fpecies of this genus are ovum, volva, biroftris, 

 ipelta, verrucofa, gibbofa, naucuni, apcrla, hydatis, ampulla, 

 lignaria, phyhs, amplullra, Ileus, rapa, canaliculata, co- 

 noidea, fontinalis, hypnorum, turrita, gelatinofa, terebellum, 

 cypraea, virginea, fafciata, ilrigata, llriatula, exarata, bi- 

 fafciata, ambigua, zebra, achaima, liyahna, ovata, ferrugi- 

 iiofa, velum, veiica, cylindrica, oliva, voluta, dominicenfis, 

 purpurea, fprtta, folida, ftercufpulieum, fcabra, akcra, fo- 

 luta, truncata, and carnea, which fee rtfpcftively. 



Bulla, in Zoology, a fpecies of Cyclidium, of an or- 

 bicular form and tranfparent. Miill. 



Bulla is alio a fpecies of Volvox, the form of which 

 is fomewhat oval. Marl'nnere. 



Bv i.L.\ Fe/utina, oi MiiUeri, in Coitchology. See Helix 



HELIOTOIDEA. 



Bulla regia, or Bullai-ia of Ptolemy, in yl/icicnt Geo- 

 graphy, a free town of Africa, on the route from Carthage 

 to Hippona, between Siniittu and Novas Aquilinx. Anton. 

 Itin. 



BULLACE Tree, in Botjuy. See Prunus Irjithia. 



BULLil{,UM, in yfitcient Geography, a town of the 

 Silures in Britain, placed by Camden at Buallt or Builth in 

 Brecknockfhire, by Baxter at Caerphilly, and by Horfley 

 at or near Ulk in Munmouthfliire : thus uncertain is its 

 fituation. 



BULLAN-Bay, in Geography, a bay on the weft coaft 

 of Ireland between the northern part of the Ifle of Achil 

 and the main land of the county of Mayo. 



BULLANSPOUR, a town of Hi'ndoftan, in the hilly 

 country of Cahlore, feated near the river Setlege, i r^C) miles 

 E. of Lahore, and about N. 26*^ E. 60 geographical miles 

 from Sirhind. N. lat. 31° .51'. E. long. 76° 40'. 



BULLA R II, in the court of Rome, the makers or 

 drawers of bulls or conllitutions. See Bull. 



BULLARY, Bullarium, a colleftion of papal bulls. 



We have extant divtrs kinds of buUaries ; fome containing 



only the bull-.; of particular popes; fuch are the bullaries of 

 Innocent XI 1. and Clement XI. Others contain the bull* 

 granted to particular communities ; fuch ii the buUary of 

 the <nder of Clnny. &c. 



A general bullary of all the papal conftitutions from 

 Gregory VII. to Sixtus Qjjintus, was compiled by order of 

 pope Sixtus Quintus, in 15S6 ; finee which has been pub- 

 liflied a great bullary, by Laert. Ciierubin, containing the 

 bulls of all the popes from Leo in 440, to Paul V. in 1539 ; 

 finee continued by Ang. Chernbin to the year 1644, and by 

 Aug. a Lantnfea and Jo. Paulns to the year 1676; and, 

 lalHy, by an anonymous editor to the time of BenediA XIII. 

 under the title of " Bullarium magnnm Romanum." We 

 have the fame digeftcd in a new method by Bouehardus ; a 

 commentary on it begun by Vine. Petra, and a fummary of 

 it by Novaiius. Fabr. Bibl. Med. JE\i. Lat. lib. ii. torn. i. 

 p. 816. 612. 



BULLATA, in Conchology, a fpecies of Voluta, the 

 fliell of which is cylindrical, very glabrous, reddidi, with 

 fomewhat livid belts ; fpire obti.fc ; pillar-lip with four 

 plaits within ; aperture tffufe. Chemnitz. Inhabits the 

 Indian feas. 



BULLATUS, a fpecies of Solen, the form of which 

 is fomewhat rotund, inflated, and llriatcd flightly ; anterior 

 part of the fliell retained open by the crenatures with whicK 

 it is befet. — This fort inhabits the American feas, and it is 

 believed thofe of India alfo. The fliell is thin, fomewhat 

 pellucid, longitudinally ilriated, white, and fpotted or 

 clouded with purple. Hinge with a iingle tooth. Mar- 

 ginal teeth remote, compreffcd, and inferted in a kind of 

 hollow in the oppofite valve. 



Bui.latus, a fpecies of CoNus, tlie fliell of which is 

 yellow, clouded with white. Lmn. Native place unknown. 

 Adanfon callsit Potan. 



This fliell is thin, fometimes of an uniform colour, but 

 more frequently fpotted, clouded, or ftiiped ; aperture 

 of the mouth for the moil part large, and bluifli. 



BULLE, ill Geography, a town of Switzerland, in the 

 canton of Friburgh, where the infurgents of Gruyeres 

 aflembled in 17S1, in order to concert meafures for obtaining 

 a redrefs of grievances: to miles S. of Friburgh. N. lat. 

 46^ 40'. E. long. 6° 54'. 



BULLENMEER, a town of Germany, in the circle of 

 Weftphalia, and county of Oldenburg; 18 miles N. of 

 Oldenburg. 



BLILLER, Cape, a cape of South Georgia, to the weft 

 of the bay of iflands, and about 7 leagues from cape North, 

 nearly E. of it. S. lat. sf 58'. W. long. 37° 4c'.— Alfo, 

 a cape on the coaft of Terra del Fiiego ifland, in S. lat. 

 53" 5^'- ^^^- l°"g- ''7° 4-'- — Alfo, a cape 011 the coaft of 

 New Britain, in the Eall Indian ocean. S. lat. 4° 56'. 

 E. long. 1^,1° 23'. 



BULLERS, or Boulers of Buehan, a natural harbour, 

 on the eaft coaft of Scotland, about 6 leagues N. from 

 Aberdeen, and 2 S. from Peterhead. It is only frequented 

 by fifliermen, and formed by a rock of an irregular oval 

 form, projetling into the fea from the middle of a bay 

 to the diftance of 100 yards. Veflels of all fizes may ftielter 

 here from the weather ; but landing is impraflicable. It 

 derives its name from boiling, on account of the turbulence 

 of the water. 



BULLES, a fmall town of France, in the department 

 of the Oife and diftriil of Clermont, feattd on the river 

 Brcfche, and celebrated for its fine flax and linen ; 2 leagues 

 N. W. of Clermont. 



BULLET, an iron or leaden ball, or (hot, wherewith fire- 

 arms are loaded. Some derive the word from the Latin 

 i T 2 botelluit 



