Bryum 
of rn . characterized bv which infest their hides. B. erythrorhynchiia Is common 
important genus ot a DJ Dam aral8iid, where it is known to the natives as the 
fruit borne at the ends of the branches, and a tmba , /uthua , S!r Allarew smith. 
pendent, pyriform capsule which has a double jj u i,alus (bu'ba-lus), n. [L. : see buffalo.'] 1. 
row of transversely baiTed teetli. ^ genus or subgenus of bovines, containing 
bryzet, An obsolete form of breeze*. tne buffaloes proper, as the Indian buffalo and 
B. Sc. An abbreviation of Baccalaureus Scien- j^e African buffalo: sometimes restricted to 
tirr. or Bachelor of Science. 
bu (bo), w. [Jap.] A rectangular silver coin 
of Japan, equal to one fourth of a rio or tael. 
It is not now in circulation, but the name is still some- 
times given to the fourth part of a yen or dollar. Also 
bubonic 
the latter. Hamilton Smith, 1827. See cuts 
under buffalo. 2. [I- c -l A member 
genus. 
(bub'er), . [< bubi. 2, + -ed.] 
spelled boo, and formerly called (erroneously when more 
than one were spoken of) ichiboo and itzeboo. 
bu., bush. Abbreviations of busliel or bushels. 
buansuah, buansu (bo-an-so'a, b8-an-so'), n. 
The native name of the Cyon primatrus, the bubble 1 (bub'l), n, 
wild dog of Nepal and northern India, sup- 
Though I am no mark in respect of a huge butt, yet I 
an tell you great bubbers have shot at me. 
Middleman, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 1. 
poration, the South Sea Company, which wan to hii\e a 
monopoly of the trade with Spanish South America, and 
a part of the capital stock of which was to constitute the 
fund. The refusal of Spain to enter into commercial re- 
lations with England made the privileges of the company 
worthless ; but by means of a series of speculative opera- 
tions and the infatuation of the people its shares were 
inflated from 100 to 1,050. Its failure caused great dis- 
-c tm,o tress throughout England. 
of this bubble 1 (bub'l), r. ; pret. and pp. bubbler}, ppr. 
bubbling. [= MLG. LG. bubbeln = MD. D. boli- 
belen = Dan. boble, bubble ; from the noun.] I. 
iiitrans. 1. To rise in bubbles, as liquors when 
boiling or agitated; send up bubbles. 2. To 
run with a gurgling noise; gurgle: as, ''bub- 
bling fountains," Pope, Autumn, 1. 43. 
On yon swoll'n brook that bubbles fast 
By meadows breathing of the past. 
Tennyson, In Meinoriam, xcix. 
3. To utter a bubbling or gurgling cry. [Rare.] 
At mine ear 
Rubbled the nightingale. Tennymii, Princess, Iv. 
II. trail*. 1. To cause to bubble. 
I'd bubble up the water through a reed. Keats. 
2. To cheat ; deceive or impose on ; hoodwink ; 
bamboozle. 
Knbblnl out of their goods and money ! 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 11. 
When slavery could not bully, it bubbled its victim. 
W. Phillips, Speeches, p. 377. 
Buansuah ( Cyoii fritntgv, 
posed by some to be the original type of the 
dog tribe. It is of a reddish color, pale underneath, 
with a bushy, pendulous tail, and in size intermediate 
between the wolf and the jackal, but with very strong 
limbs. It is capable of being tamed. See Cyan. 
Buarrhemou (bo-a-re'mon), . [NL., < Gr. 
fiovf, ox, + apfif/uuv, speechless : see Arrhemon.~\ 
An extensive genus of pityline tanagers, con- 
taining about 35 species, of terrestrial habits 
and dull colors. Bonaparte, 1850. See Arrhe- 
mon. 
buat (bo" at), w. [< Gael. Ir. buite, a firebrand, 
Ir. also fire.] A hand-lantern. Also written 
bowet. [Scotch.] 
buaze-fiber (bu'az-fi"ber), 11. The fiber of a 
polygalaceous bush of tropical Africa, Sccuri- 
daca pallida, described as of excellent quality 
and resembling flax. 
bub 1 (bub), . [Perhaps short for bubble;^ cf. 
,, v . ... [First in early mod. E. ; 
= MLG. bubbele, LG. bubbel = MD. bobbel = 
Dan. boble = Sw. bubbla, formerly bubla, a bub- 
ble. The E. and Scand. forms are prob. of LG. 
origin, but all, like the equiv. early mod. E. 
burble (see burble), L. bulla (see bulla, butt"*, 
boil?, etc.), Skt. budbiida, Hind, builbudd, bul- 
buld, Hindi bnluld, Pali bubbulam, a bubble 
(and, more remotely, like Bohem. boubel, bub- 
lina, Pol. babel, > Little Russ. bombel, a bubble 
words having the same ult. base as bomb 2 , 
bombus, q. v.), are prob. ult. imitative of the 
sound of the gurgling of water in which bub- 
bles are forming. Cf. blubber, blobber, blob. 
The senses of 'a trifle, delusion, trick,' etc., bu biji e -2 (bub'l), c. i. [Also, bibblc; cf. bubble^ 
proceed naturally from the lit. sense, and have and 6;, ( &6 e ,..] TO shed tears in a sniveling, 
no orig. connection with the accidentally sum- blubbering, childish way. Jamieson. [Scotch 
lar It. bubbola, bubula, a trick, fib, sham, deceit, and y or ^ Eng.] 
pi. bubbole, idle stories, formerly "bubole,bub- bubble 3 (bub'l), . Snot. Jamieson. [Scotch.] 
bule, toies, iests, vanities, nines, trifles, bub- bubble-bowt, n. [A piece of fashionable slang, 
bles" (Florio), < bubbotare, cheat, trick, rob, ment j O ned by Pope, along with cosin, tampion. 
formerly " bubolare, to bubble" [i. e., cheat, w i, nar toupe e, in the quot. below, as "in use 
gull, dupe] (Florio), < bubbola, bubula, formerly in this present year 1707"; supposed to stand 
biibola, pupola, puppula, a hoopoe (see hoop*, 
hoopoe, upupa), the figure of speech being the 
same as the verbs gull and dupe, q. v.] 1. A 
small vesicle of water or other fluid inflated 
with air or other gas, and floating on the sur- 
face of the fluid. Such vesicles can sometimes, as in 
the case of the soap-bubble, be separated from the sur- 
face of the liquid, or be formed independently of it, by 
blowing from a pipe or other instrument. 
Oh, Fortune, 
That thou hast none to fool and blow like bubbles 
But kings and their contents ! 
Fletcher (and another"!), Prophetess, hi. :(. 
Ay, thus we are ; and all our painted glory 
A bubble that a boy blows into the air, 
And there it breaks. 
for *biibble-beau, < bubble, i\, + obj. beau; but 
perhaps of no particular meaning.] A tweezer- 
case. 
Lac'd in her cosins [stays] new appear'd the bride, 
A bubble-bow and tumpiun [watch] at her side, 
And with an air divine her colmar [fan] ply'd. 
Then, oh ! she cries, what slaves I round me see ! 
Here a bright Redcoat, there a smart toupee. 
Pope, Treatise on the Bathos. 
bubbler (bub'ler), w. It. One who cheats. Pope. 
2. A fish of the family Sci&nidte, Aplodinotus 
i/riinniens, the fresh-water drumfish, found in 
the waters of the Ohio river: so called from 
the peculiar noise it makes. Also called bub- 
bliiuj-fiith. 
Bern,, and Fl., Knight of Malta, iv. >. bubb'le-shell (bub'1-shel), . A shell of the fam- 
2. A small globule of air or other gas in or ris- Uy Bullidte and genus Bulla, of an oval form, with 
i i _ .3 rt ml -I_l nA J!.I_l^ - " t . ... . 
66 2 .] 1. A substitute for yeast, prepared by j u g through a liquid. 3. The vesicle of air in the outermost whorl involving all the others. 
,,,; . ;,,,r meal nr flniit- with a. litt.lfi vBB.st in M, j-j-g gi ag8 gpirit-tube of a mechanics' level. Species are numerous in tropical and warm 
4. One of the small hollow beads of glass for- seas. See cuts under Bulla. 
merly used for testing the strength of spirits by bubbling (bub'ling), \>. n. [Ppr. of bubble 1 , v.} 
Tjbli 
mixing meal or flour with a little yeast in a 
quantity of warm wort and water. 2. Strong 
drink of any kind; liquor, especially malt li- 
quor. [Cant.] 
bub 2 t ( bub )> r - ' [Short for bubble.'] To throw 
out in bubbles. Mtr. for Mays. 
bub 3 (bub), n. [Also bubby; origin obscure ; 
cf . pap. The word bears a close but accidental 
resemblance to Hind, babbi, babi (a pron. u), a 
woman's breast.] A woman's breast. [Vulgar.] 
bub 4 (bub), H. [Also bubby, a dim. form ; usu- 
ally supposed to be, like bud 2 , a corruption 
of brother. Cf. G. bubej etc., a boy: see boy.'] 
A boy: used in familiar address. [Colloq., 
U. S.] 
Bubalichthyinae (bu-bal-ik-thi-i'ne), n. pi. 
Vatostoinidce : synonymous with Ictiobina; (which 
see). 
bubalicb.tb.yine (bu-bal-ik'thi-in), . and n. I. 
. Pertaining to or having the characters of the 
Bu balich thyina: 
H. . One of the Bubalichthyiiui'; a buffalo- 
fish. 
Bubalich.tb.ys (bu-bal-ik'this), ... [NL., < Bu- 
balu.t + Gr. i^tft'f, a fish.] The typical genus 
of catostomoid fishes of the subfamily Buba- 
liclitlii/iua 1 ; the buffalo-fishes. 
bubaline (bu'ba-lin), a. [< L. bubalinun, per- 
taining to the bubalug, buffalo.] 1. Pertain- 
ing to the bubalus or buffalo. 2. Resembling 
a buffalo ; bovine : as, the bubaline group of 
antelopes: specifically applied to Aleelapliux 
bubalis, the bubaline antelope. 
bubalis (bu'ba-lis), n. [NL., also bubale; < 
Gr. /M'/te/..r, an African species of antelope; 
doubtfully referred to fiovf, ox.] A large bu- 
baliue antelope of Africa, Alccltiplmt bubalis. 
Bubalornis (bii-ba-lor'nis), n. [NL., < Buba- 
lus + Gr. bpvtf, a bird.] A genus of African 
weaver-birds, of the family Ploceidte ; the buf- 
falo weaver-birds. They are named from their habit 
.if following cattle in order to feed on the parasites 
the rate at which they rise after being plunged 
in them. See bead, 7. 5. Anything that wants 
firmness, substance, or permanence ; that which 
is more specious than real ; a vain project ; a 
false show ; a delusion ; a trifle. 
A soldier, . . . 
Seeking the bubble reputation 
Even in the cannon's mouth. 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7. 
War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; 
Honour, but an empty bubble. v.-'uvi,^.*/...-..'!. i . 
Dniden, Alexander's Feast. DUDbly' (bub ll), a. 
Emitting or exhibiting bubbles ; giving out a 
sound such as is caused by bubbles ; gurgling. 
The bubbling cry 
Of some strong swimmer in his agony. 
Byron, Don Juan, ii. ..... 
bubbling-fish (bub'liug-fish), n. Same as bub- 
bler, 2. Rafinesque. 
bubbly 1 (bub'li), a. [< bubble^ + -y 1 .] Full of 
bubbles: as, ''bubbly spume," Nash, Lenten 
Stuffe, p. 8. 
[< bubble* + -i/l.] Snotty: 
6. An inflated speculation; a delusive com- ^| e j^ has & * 
'extraordinary 'profits; ^^^^^ " 
as insuring 
hence, a financial imposition or fraud; a 
cheating trick : as, the South Sea bubble. See 
below. 
This may not at first sight appear a large sum to those 
who remember the bubbles of 1825 and of 1845. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eug., xxiv. bubby' 2 (bub'l), . 
7t. A person deceived by an empty project ; a 
dupe. 
He has been my bubble these twenty years. 
Arbuthnot, John Bull. 
[North. Eng. 
A turkey-cock, 
z). [See &&.] 
His pity and compassion make him sometimes a btibblf 
to all his fellows. Steele, Tatler, No. 27. 
Bubble Act, an English statute of 1720, intended to re- 
strict illusory schemes of corporate or associate organiza 
A woman's breast. 
Why don't you go and snck the bubby f 
Arbuthnot, John Bull. 
[Dim. of &!<&!.] A familiar 
term" of address to little boys; bub. [U. S.] 
bubo 1 (bu'bo), n. [= F. bubon = Sp. bubon = 
Pg. bubao = It. bubone = Wall, buboin, < ML. 
bubo(n-), a tumor, < Gr. ftovfluv, the groin, a 
swelling in the groin.] In med., an inflamma- 
tory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially 
such as arises in the groin from venereal in- 
_____ fection. 
tion : adopted to prevent the repetition of such frauds as B u l, 2 (bu'bo), n. PL- an owl, the homed owl. 
^S^tSfcS^ : '.ga < < .^S Thei^me is s'uppoUd to be imitative of its cry 
as if *bu-bu; cf. E. tu-whoo, etc.] A genus of 
large owls with conspicuous plumicorns, rela- 
tively small ear-aperture, incomplete facial 
disk, and feathered feet, it contains the great owl 
or eagle-owl of Europe. II. unu-iiit*. the givat horned 
owl of North America. />'. tbytuiamu, and sundry other 
species. See cut on next page. 
-< ML. bubo(n-), a tu- 
ii jMttliol., pertaining 
to or of the nature of a bubo. 
from the sounds made during frying. 
Rank and title ! bubble and squeak .' No ! not half so 
good as bubble and squeak ; English beef and good cab- 
bage. But foreign rank and title ; foreign cabbage and 
beef ! foreign bubble and foreign squeak .' 
Bulwer, My Xovel, viii. s. 
(b) In New England, hash or minced meat. South Sea 
bubbl 
abou 
Earl 
purchasers of which should become stockholders in a cor- 
_ , . speces. ec on e . 
)ble, a financial scheme which originated in England hllbonic (bu-bon'ik) a \< 
lit 1711 and collapsed in 1720. It was proposed by the " '.,, ;,,,/,,,n + lfa.1 T 
1 of Oxford to fund a floating debt of 10,000,000, the mor ( see [<> 
