BUN 



Bl'MPKIN or BooMKiN, in Sfa Language, a (hoit boom 

 or bar of timber, projeamg from each bow ot a fhip, to 

 extend one edge of the forefail to windward ; for winch pur- 

 pofc there is a large block fixed to its outer end, through 

 which tlie rope is paffcd that is falK-ned to the lower corner 

 of the fail to windward, called the tad ; and this being drawn 

 tight down brings the corner of the fail clofe to the block, 

 which being performed, the tack is faid to be aboarij. The 

 bumkin is fecured bv a ftrong rope, which confines it down- 

 ward to the (hip's bo'w, to counterad the drain it bears from 

 the forcfail above dragging it upwards. 



BUN, tiie drv Ihilk of hemp, llripped of its rind. 

 BUNCH, a clufter or affemblage of certain things, as of 

 grapes. 



BvNCH alfo denotes a tumor, or protuberance, natural or 

 prttcrnatui-al, either on an animal or a vegetable body. — The 

 bunch growing about the graft of a plant is a fort oi callus 

 formed by the extravafated fap. 

 Bvscii of CiimL'. See Camels. 



Bunch, in Sur^q.'ry, denotes an elevation of the back, arif- 

 ing from an exterior luxation of the iviicir.e thereof. 1 he 

 cure is begun by keeping emollients a long time on the verU-- 

 bn, whereby to loofen theligamtnts, andfiniHiedby wearing 

 an iron boddicc, which comprfffing the ■vertdrs, by degrees 

 drive them back to lUeir natural fituation. 



Bunches in horfcs, called alf» hiols, iuarts,VL'aA wfAVjaie 

 dife«fes arifing from foul meat, bruifes, hard labour, or the 

 like ; whereby the blood becoming putrefied and foul, oc- 

 cafions fuch excrefcenccs. 



BUNCHED cods, among FLrijls, are thofc which (land 

 out. and wherein the feed is hidged. 



Bunched roots, thofe round roots which have knobs or 

 knots in them. See Bulb and Root. 



BU NCR ANA, v.: Geography, a fmall poll town of the 

 county of Donegal, Ireland, fituated on Lough Swilly, in 

 the peninfula of IniHiowen. It is 1 2 miles N.W. of London- 

 derry, and 124 N.W. of Dublin. 



BUXCOMB, the largeft and mod v.-eftein county of 

 North Carolina, and fuppofcd to he the moft mountainous 

 in the United States. It lies in Morgan dillridl, and is 

 bounded W. by the ftate of TennefTee, and S. by that of 

 South Carohna. The Blue ridge pafTes through this county, 

 and gives rife to many large rivers, as Catabaw, Weteree, 

 Bread river, and Pacolet. 



BUND.\MIR, a central river of Perfia, which palTes 

 between Scliiraz and Iftakar, or the celebrated ruins of Per- 

 fepolis, and is fuppofed to be an ancient Araxes, which fee. 

 This famous river flows into a fait lake called Baktagan. 

 Between this rive^and the Kuren, a b;anch of the mountains 

 of Elwtnd extends S.E. See Elwe.sd. 



EUNDE, a Kwn of Germany, in \\ c circle of Weftpha- 

 lia, county of Ravenfberg and prefifturate of Limberg. 

 At this place a confideiable trade i.s carried on in yarn and 

 coarfe linen, and near it is a medicinal fprifig, difcovered in 



BUNDEH, 3 ridge of mountains in Hindoftan, which 

 runs parallel to the Godavery river on the fouth, but at a 

 confideraMe ditlance fro.^n it. 



BUNDELx-\, or BnNDf.LCUNP, a territory of Hindoflan, 

 hiiK"- on the fouth-well lide of the Jumnah, and feparated 

 from it by a nriTow trad of low country. It is inhabited 

 by a tribe of Rijpoots, who are deemed inferior to their 

 brethren of Agimere. Bundelcund is furrounded by the 

 dominions of Oude, Benares, and the Mahrattas, and was 

 formerly fubjtft to a rajah named liindooput ; but it is 

 now chiefly divided among his foa? , or their delccidants. It 



BUN 



is a mountainous trad of more than 100 miles fquare, and con- 

 tains (he celebrated diamond mines of Punna or Puma 

 (probably the PanafTa of Ptolemy), together with fomc 

 ftrong foVtrefTes, the principal of which is Callinger. It is 

 fubjed to the depredations of the Mahrattas, and has of late 

 years been attempted by Madajee Sindia, who failing to 

 make hiuii'clf mailer of the principal fortrefles, abandoned 

 the open country. The ancient limits of Bundelcund were 

 much more extenfive than the prefent ; extending much 

 further towards the Nerbuddah river. Chatterpour is 

 reckoned the capital. Where the foil is not ftrong, it pro- 

 duces all forts of fruits, but neither rice nor fugar. Cottoa 

 trees are abundant, and a fpecies of tree from which is 

 gathered a black nut. 



The territories of Adjidfing are contiguous to Bundelcund, 

 on the weft ; to the Mahrattas, on the fouth and fouth- 

 vveft ; and to the Benares territory, on the eaft. Their 

 whole extent.iiicludingfometributaryZemindarsonchefouth- 

 eaft, may be about equal to Bundelcund ; and hke that, fubjed 

 to the occafional depredations of the Mahrattas. Its capital 

 is Rewah or Rooah, which fee. Rtnnell'? Mem. Introd. 



BUNDERKOLE, a town of Hindoftan, in the diftrid 

 of Kilhtcwar, feated between the two branches that form 

 the Chunaub river, near the foot ot the Imaus or Hinimaleh 

 mountains. N. lat. 33° 40'. E. long. 74° 58'. 



BUNDLE, a colledion of things wrapped up and bound 

 togetner. A bundle of paper confifts of 40 quires ; a bundle 

 of Hamburgh yarn contains 20 ikeins ; and of ba&et rods, 

 the bai:d is 3 feet. 



BUNDLES, in Laiv, denote a fort of records of the chan- 

 cery, lying in the office of the Rolls, in which are con- 

 tained the files of bills and ar.fwers ; of hab. cor. cum caufd ; 

 ctrtioraris ; att?.chments. Sic. ; fcire faaas's ; certificates of 

 ftatute ilaple ; extents and liberates ; fuperfiJais's ; bails on 

 fpecial pardons ; bills from the Exchequer of the names 

 of (heriffs ; letters patent furrendered ; and deeds cancelled; 

 iiiquifitions ; privy-feals for grants ; bills figned by the king; 

 warrants of efcheators ; cuttomers, &c. 



BUNDURAL, in Geography, a diftrid of Hindoftan, 

 adjoining to the Imaus or Himmaleh mountains, in N. lat. 

 about 33° and E. long, about 75° ,30'. 



BUNEL, Peter, in Biography, an elegant fcholar of 

 diftinguiihed eminence, was born at Touloufe in 1499, and 

 educated at Paris. Unable to procure a fubfillence at 

 home, he went to Padua, and afterwards to Venice, where 

 he was entertained in the houle of Lazarus du Baif, the 

 French ambafiador, and where he ftudied the Greek and 

 Hcbrevv' languages ; of Latin he was before fo complete 

 a niafter, that he wrote it with fuch purity as to have been 

 deemed the founder of the Ciceronian fed which prevailed 

 fo much among the Italian fcholars. With George de 

 Selve, bif.iop of Lavaur, who fucceeded du Baif at Venice, 

 he retired to Lavaur, and upon his death, returned to 

 Touloufe, where he was refcued from indigence, and pa- 

 tronized by MelTrs. de Faur. He accompanied the fon 

 of ore of thefe in the capacity of tutor on a tour to Italy, 

 and at Turin, was carried off by a fever in his 47th year. 

 His reputation for literary tafte and for a philofophical con- 

 tentment of mind was eminently diftinguiihed. In early life 

 he feems to have incurred the fufpicion of herefy, by mani- 

 fefting an inclination to the opinions of the refoi-mers ; but 

 he was rej^ded by Calvin, becaufe he feemed to have 

 had too favourable fentiments of the Pelagian dodrines. 

 A colledion of his Latin letters, written with peculiar 

 purity of ftyle, and containing much curious matter, was 

 printed by Stepheas in 155 1, and afterwards reprinted 



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