bulb 
rooting from the under side, and bearing above 
closely uncrossed fleshy leaves. In tin- mni. :a. .1 
or coatt-ll hull) tllrsr l.;i\o all- in till- form of lil'oa.l. 
closely o.nr.-iit ri'- coating*, as in the hyacinth anil onion ; 
in tliu si-aly luilli they are narrow, ttiii-k, ami inihrimti-il. 
a* in tin- lily. The so-called ttoli<l /,///',, as in itn- norn^ 
and gladiolii-H, is inure properly a conn, or short thick 
root-sto. k, in, losr, i within the dried . In. itliin-.' i>a i I 
ft'W Iravrs. 
2. Any protuberance or expansion resembling 
a bulb. especially im expansion at tin- eml ui 1 
a stalk or long and slender body: as, the bulb 
of a tlieriniHiii'trr; the luilli of the aorta. 3. 
pi. The tonsils. [Prov. Eng.] Aortic or arte- 
rial bulb. Saiiii- as Imlii nf Hie aorta. -Artery of the 
bulb. set- iirti-i'ii. Bulb of a hair, the swollen part 
at the origin of the hair. Bulb of a tooth, the rinliry- 
"H ir mMotuMtto papilla formiiiK tin- uermof the tooth. It 
ia capi n'd I iy tin- i-|.i) .last ir .'iianii'l oran. anil is i-onvri-tfil 
into ili-iitini' externally, while the core, becoming highly 
nervous and vascular, forms the ilellnitive dental papilla 
or tooth-bulb.- Bulb of the aorta, in nun/,, mini, anil 
il., the fort-most of the three divisions of the origi- 
Dulb of the Aorta of a Shark ( Lamna ), laid open, showing thick 
muscular wall, w, and three rows of valves, v, v, v. 
nal cardiac vessel. From it spring the aortic arches, and 
from it are developed the aorta and pulmonary artery. 
Also called aortic or arterial bulb and bulbu* artrrioxu*. 
Bulb of the eye, the eyeball. Bulb of the spinal 
cord, the medulla oblongata. Bulb of the urethra, 
the posterior enlarged rounded extremity uf the corpus 
spongiosum of the penis. Bulbs Of the fornix, the cor- 
pora alhicantia nf the ln-a in. Detonating bulb. Sec 
i/-'t<'nrii<ii't. Olfactory bulb, the anterior enlargement 
of the olfactory tract, from which the olfactory nerves are 
sent off. See cut under JHamnobranchii. 
bulb (bulb), v. i. [< bulb, .] To project or be 
protuberant. Evelyn. 
bulbaceous (bul-ba'shius), a. [< L. bulbaceus, 
< liulbutt, a bulb: see bulb.] Bulbous. Johnson. 
bulbar (bul'bjlr), a. [< L. bulbvs, bulb, + -ar2.] 
1. Bulbous. 2. In pathol., pertaining to the 
medulla oblongata Chronic bulbar paralysis, 
disease character*^- J - - 
of the muscles < 

ly 
of the lips, tongue, palate, pharynx, and 
larynx. Also called progressive bttloo-mtclear paralyxi*, 
proffrfnnive a trophic bulbar 
rynycal p 
paralysis, and glosto-labw-la- 
bulbed (bulbd). a. [< bulb + -e<2.] Having 
a bulb ; round-headed. 
bulbel (bul'bel). n. [< NL. 'bulbeUus, 'bulbil- 
lus, dim. of L. bulbus, bulb.] Same as bitlblet. 
bulberry (bul'ber'i), n.; pi. bulberries (-iz). 
Same as bilberry. 
bulbi, w. Plural of bulbus. 
bulbiferous (bul-bif'e-rus), a. [< L. bulbus, 
bulb, + ferre = E. fceari.J Producing bnlbs: 
as, bulbiferous stems. 
bulbiforin (bul'bi-ffirm), n. [< L. btilbus, bulb, 
+ forma, form.] Bulb-shaped. 
bulbil (bul'bil), . [< NL. "bulbillus, dim. of 
L. bulbus: see bulb, bulbus.] Same as bulblet. 
bulbine (bul'bin), n. [L., <Qr. ftol.3ivri, awhite 
kind of bulbous plant, < /JotyJuf, a certain bul- 
bous root: see bulb.'] An herb having leaves 
like the leek and a purple flower ; dog's-leek. 
bulblet (bulb'let), ii. [< bulb + dim. -let.'] A 
little bulb; specifically, in bot., a small aerial 
bulb or bud with fleshy scales, growing in the 
axils of leaves, as in the tiger-lily, or taking 
the place of flower-buds, as in the common 
onion. Also bitlbel, bulbil. 
bulbodiumt (bul-bo'di-um), n. [NL., < Gr. 
><>'/ .iuAi/r, contr. form of /Jo^/3f(oifo, bulb-like, 
< fio't.Jof, a bulb, + fMof, form.] A word for- 
merly used by botanists for what is now called 
a conn. 
bulbose (bul'bos), a. [< L. bulbosus : see biil- 
IMIUS.] Producing bulbs; resembling a bulb; 
bulbous. [Rare.] 
bulbotuber (bul'bo-tu'ber), n. [< L. bulbus, 
bull). 4- tulin: tuber.] A corm. [Rare.] 
bulbous (bul'bus), . [= F. bulbfujr, < L. biil- 
IIIIXHH, < ImlhiiK, bulb.] 1. Producing or grow- 
713 
ing from bulbs: as, bulbous plants. 2. I'er- 
t;iiningto or resembling a bulb ; swelling out; 
bulb-shaped. 
Above the fringe of brushwood on the hill top, rite the 
many golden domes and bulbous spires of cathedral and 
i-onvcnU. A. J. C. Hare, Russia, Ix. 
A burly, bulbowt man, who, in sheer ostentation of his 
venerable progenitors, was the flrst to introduce into 
the ftetlli'lnrnt tin- aiiL-k-nt iMlt.-ll fashion of ten pair of 
I'li'i-i'lii's. /.<i'/, Knirkerl"M-ker, p. 108. 
Bulbous tore, a tore made will) tin- ends finished with 
bnlli-shap. .1 onianii Ills. 
bulbul 1 (bul'bul), n. [= Ar. Turk. Hind, bul- 
bul, < I'ers. bulbul, a nightingale : prob. imita- 
tive; of. bull' n-liiilli'n.] 1. The Persian name 
of the nightingale, or a species of nightingale, 
rendered familiar iu English poetry by Moore, 
Byron, and Others. The same name is also given in 
southern and southwestern Asia to sundry other birds. 
Specifically 2. In ornith., a bird of the fam- 
ily I'ycnonotidff. 
bulbul 2 (bul'bul), n. [E. Ind.] A name given 
to the yak. 
bulbule (bul'bul), n. [< LL. bulbulux. dim. of 
L. hulling, bulb.] A little bulb; a bulblet. 
bulbus (bul'bus), n.; pi. bulbi (-bi). [L. : see 
bulb.] A bulb : used chiefly in anatomy in such 
phrases as bulbus <-uli. the eyeball ; bulbvs aor- 
tas, the aortic bulb Bulbus arterlosus. Same as 
bulb of the aorta (which see, under bulb). Bulbus glan- 
dulosus, or ventriculus glandulosus, the glandular 
or true stomach of birds ; tne proventrii-ulun. Bulbus 
venae jugularis, the enlargement of the internal jugu- 
lar vein at it) commencement iu the jugular foramen. 
bulby (bul'bi), a. [< bulb + -yl.] Somewhat 
like a bulb ; bulbous. 
bulcardt (bul'kard), n. A Cornish name of the 
bifuny. 
bulch 1 t, '' An obsolete variant of belch. 
bulch-t, . [App*ar. shortened from bulchin.] A 
bull-calf: sometimes used familiarly in refer- 
ence to a person, either in kindness or in con- 
tempt. 
.So that my butch 
Show but his swarth cheek to me, let earth cleave 
And break from hell, I care not! 
Ford and Dtkker, Witch of Edmonton, v. 1. 
bulchint (bill ' chin), n. [< ME. bulfhin, < bul, 
a bull, + dim. -chin = -A'in.] A young male 
calf: often applied in contempt to persons. 
Drayton. 
For ten mark men sol, I a litille bulchyn. 
Langtofl, Chronicle (ed. Hearne), p. 174. 
A new-weande bulchin. Mar*titn, Dutch Courtezan, ii. 1. 
buldt, buldet, '. Middle English forms of build. 
Chaucer. 
bulder (bul'der). v. i. Same as btiller. 
buldering (bul'der-ing), a. Hot; sultry. [Prov. 
Eng. (Exmoor).] 
bule 1 ^ n. A Middle English form of Wfei, boifl. 
bule- (bol), n. Same as boul. 
bule 3 t, A Middle English form of bull 1 . 
Bulgar (bul'gar), n. [= F. Bulyare = G. Bui- 
gar = Turk. Bulijar = Hung. Bolgar, etc., ML. 
liulgarus, < OBulg. Blugarinu, Bulg. Blugarin 
= Serv. Bugarin = Russ. Bolgarinu, Bulgarii, 
Bulgar; ML. Bulgaria, Russ. Bulgariya, etc., 
Bulgaria. The name is usually associated, 
without sufficient evidence, with the river Volga 
(Russ. Volga, etc.).|] 1. A member of an an- 
cient Finnish race, living on the Volga, the Don, 
the Danube, etc. A tribe of tin Bulgars conquered 
the Slavs of Mteaia In the seventh century, grave the name 
Bulgaria to the country, and soon became partly Slavic iu 
blood and wholly in language. 
2. One of the Slavic inhabitants of Bulgaria; 
a Bulgarian. 
Bulgarian (bul-ga'ri-an), a. and n. [< Bulgar, 
Bulgaria, + -ian, -an.'] I. a. 1. Of or pertain- 
ing to the Bulgars. Also Bulgaric. 2. Per- 
taining to Bulgaria, a {principality under the 
nominal suzerainty of Turkey, lying south of 
the Danube and west of the B'lack Sea. 
II. H. 1. A member of the race inhabiting 
and giving name to Bulgaria; a Slavic Bnlgar. 
2. The language of the Bulgarians, or Slavic 
Bulgars. It is divided Into two dialects, Old Bulgarian 
(also called Church Slavic or Slavonian) and New Bulga- 
rian. The former is the richest and best of the Slavic 
tongues, but Is extinct as a spoken language. See Slavic. 
Bulgaric (bul-gar'ik), a. and w. [< Bulgar + 
-ic.] I. a. Of or pertaining to the ancient Bul- 
gars and their modern representatives, the 
Mordvinians and Cheremissians of the Volga. 
II. H. The speech of the ancient Bulgara and 
the modern Bulgaric Finns. See I. 
bulge (bulj), . [< ME. bulge, a swelling, hump. 
prob. the same as bulge, a bag, found ofti TUT 
in the OF. form bout/e, ) E. bouge 1 and buili/t -'. 
all due to L. bulijn. a leathern bag ; aword prob. 
of Celtic origin : Gael. Ir. bolg, a bag, akin to AS. 
bulk 
Ixfltj, a bag, etc. (~> K. ////*. /////). and prob. 
tO Icel. btll/l/i, etc., K. /)</!: >ei- lull;/, hilliiic*. 
buy 1 , bovgt 1 , buili/i". an. I lilge. ] 1. A rounde<l 
protuberance; a swelling; a swell; a hump. 
His nese wan cuttetl an a eat. 
II U browcs war like lltel buskes, 
And his t.-tlii- lik<- bare tuikes, 
A ful grete InUat upon his halt. 
1'iraiM and Oawin (ed. HiUon, 1O2), 1. MO. 
We advanced half a mile, and encamped temporarily 
in a hill-girt bulyc of the tlumara Iwd. 
It. F. //ii,'/.,,,. l;l \l,-,llnah, p. 86i 
2. The swirl made by a salmon rising to the 
surface. Sportsman's (in ittur. TO get the 
bulge On One, to get the advantage of a |H-nion ; fore 
stalland get tin- u-tti-r of one. (Slang.) 
bulge (bulj), v. i.; pret. and pp. bulged, ppr. 
bulging. [< bulge, n. Cf. bagl, t\. and belly, r.. 
ult. connected with bulge.'] 1. To swell out; 
be protuberant. 
He spoke : the brawny s|>eannan let hU cheek 
Btil'jt with the unswallow'd piece, and turning stared. 
TennynoH, Geralnt. 
And the bulgiivi nets swept shoreward, 
With their silver-sided haul. 
Whittitr, The Sycamore*. 
2. To bilge, as a ship. 
The grievous shipwrack of my travels dear 
In bulyed bark, all perished In disgrace. 
Danifl (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 686)1 
Here I found that the ship was bulged and had a great 
deal of water In her hold. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, p. 51. 
Bulged cask. See uti. 
bulgeways (bulj'waz), n. pi. Same as bilge- 
icays. 
bulgy (bul'ji), a. [< bulge + -i.] Bending 
outward; bulging: as, "bulgy legs," Dickens. 
[Rare.] 
bulimia (bu-lirn'i-a), n. [= F. boiilimie, < NL. 
bulimia (LL. buliinn, L. bulimug), < Gr. povfauia, 
also /ioi'/.tfa)f, great hunger, < ,3oi.f, ox, in comp. 
implying 'great,' + >.^<ic, hunger.] Morbidly 
voracious appetite ; a disease in which the pa- 
tient has a constant and insatiable craving for 
food. Also written bulimy, boulimia, boulimy. 
bulimic (bu-lim'ik), a. [< bulimia + -ic.] Of 
or pertaining to bulimia. 
Bulimida (bu-lim'i-dii), n. pi. [NL., < Bulimug 
+ -irf.] A group or tribe of terrestrial gas- 
tropods, including the genera Bulimug, Aclia- 
tina, Pupa, and Ctausilia. Beck, 1837. [Not in 
use.] 
bulimiform (bu-lim'i-f6rm), a. [< NL. Buli- 
muf + Iu forma, form.] Having that form of 
shell characteristic of the genus Bulimns. 
bulimoid (bu'li-moid), a. Having the appear- 
ance of or like gastropods of the genus Bttlimun. 
bulimous (bu'li-mus), a. [< bulimia + -ous.] 
Characterized by bulimia, 
bulimulid (bu-lim'u-lid), n. A gastropod of 
the family Bulimulitlce. 
BulimulidSB (bu-li-mu'li-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Bulimulns + -te.] A family of geophilous 
pulmonate gastropods, typified by the genus 
Bulimulus, having the mantle included in the 
more or less elongated and turreted shell, the 
jaw thin, provided with distant transverse ribs, 
and the lateral teeth peculiar in the elongation 
and curvation of the inner cusp. 
Bulimulus (bu-lim'u-lus), n. [NL., as Buli- 
mug + dim. -n lux.] The typical genus of the 
family Bulimtilida:. There are nine North 
American species, chiefly of southwestern re- 
gions. 
Bulimus (bu'li-mus), n. [NL. (Scopoli, 1786), 
an error (as if < Gr. 3oi>.iuof, great hunger) 
for ilii/iinix (Adanson, 
175T), prop, (as emend- 
ed by Oken, 1815) Bul- 
linus, < L. bullii, a bub- 
ble, boss, stud (see biil- 
la), + dim. -inn*.] A 
genus of land-snails to 
which very different lim- 
its have been assigned, 
(a) With the old authors ita- 
a repository for all land-snalU 
having an ovate form, a longi- 
tudinal ovate aperture, and a 
non-truncate columella. It 
consequently included numer- 
ous heterogeneous species 
now distributed among dif- 
ferent families. (6) By recent 
authors it Is restricted to 
Helifidtr of considerable (lie, 
Bulimia fttmfia. represented by B. ublmiytu. 
(See cut) Such species are 
mostly confined to South America. B. ovatut has some- 
times a shell alxnit 6 inches long, 
bulimy (bu'li-mi), . Same as bulimia. 
bulk 1 (bulk). H. [< ME. bolke. a heap, < Icel. 
biilki. t he cargo or freight of a ship (cf. mod. bul- 
