bullion 
mod. !'. /Hiiiillini (SIT liiiiiitlnti) = It. Imglinur, 
lirotli (Florio), < MI>. ////(//-), a measure of 
salt (si'o l>iilliii'-i), lit. a bubbling, a boiling, < 
\i. hullirf (> OF. bimlir, lioullii; hunillir, mod. 
F. iHiiiillir = It. hollirc), bubble, boil, < bulla, a 
biibbli.; sec hull,,, /,//-', /,//:>, /.//-'. Cf. 6W- 
/iViH 1 .] If. A boss; asluil; a showy metallic 
onianii'iil cither of gold '"' i" imitation of gold, 
us a button, M ml, hook, clasp, buckle, and the 
like. 
The Hasps and butlyotu were wurtli ft tluiiiHiuiil |>oimd. 
Htiit<nt, Garland of I.iuin-1. 
2. A fringe of thick twisted cords, such as will 
hang heavily. l;iilli.,nr.,Mi8ting of silk cords covered 
with tin.' i. 1. 1 HI- silver thiva.l is ..... di used for epauleta. 
AlHo calli'il tnillinn-fringe. 
3. In phuMMMna, that part of the spheroidal 
ni:iss of glass which has been attached to the 
pontil, after being blown and while undergoing 
the process of flattening into a sheet. When 
the tube is detached, it is called the bulFs-eye 
(which see). 
bullion 3 !, . [< OF. bouillon, < ML. bullioCn-), a 
measure of salt, lit. a boiling: see bullion'.'] A 
measure of capacity (of salt). Davies, Supp. 
Eng. (iloss. 
bullion-bar (bul'yon-bar), H. [< bullion?, 3, + 
/w 1 .] The bar upon which the spheroidal mass 
of glass is pressed from time to time during the 
process of blowing. 
bullioner (bul'yon-6r), n. [< bullion*- + -crl.] 
A dealer in bullion. 
Melted down by the builioner*. 
Jiice Vttughan, Coin and Coinage, p. SO (Ord MS.). 
bullion-fringe (bul'you-frinj), n. Same as bul- 
' 
bullionism (bul'yon-izm), n. [< bullion* + 
-wm.] The system or doctrine of those who 
advocate an exclusively metallic currency, or 
a metallic currency combined with a convert- 
ible paper currency. 
Boston, the very Gibraltar of Imllionifm. 
W. Phillipi, June 19, 1875. 
bullionist (bul'yon-ist). n. [< bullion* + -w.] 
An advocate of or a believer in bullionism. 
Your party repudiates him because he is Joined to but- 
lionixtK and stockmougers. W. Phillips, June 19, 1875. 
bullion-point (bul'yon-point), n. [< bullion?, 
3, + uiMt.] The thick portion at the center 
of a disk of crown-glass. E. H. Knight. 
bullirag, r. t. See bullyrag. 
bullish 7 (bul'ish), a. [< bulfl, 4, + -wfti.] In 
the stock exchange, somewhat buoyant ; advanc- 
ing or tending to advance in price, in conse- 
quence of the efforts of the bulls : as, a bullish 
market. 
bullish'-' (bul'ish), a. [< bull* + -w*i.] Par- 
taking of the nature of a bull or blunder. 
[Rare.] 
A toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek- 
stone, and as hnia-.ii. Milton, On Uef. of Humb. Remoiiat. 
bullist (bul'ist), w. [< &M//2 + -is*.] A writer 
of papal bulls. Harmar. [Rare.] 
bullitlont (bu-lish'on), w. [< L. as if "bulli- 
tin(n-), < bullire, pp. bullitus, boil : see 6oP.] 
The act or state of boiling; ebullition. Bacon. 
bulljub (bul'jub), n. A fish, the miller's-thumb. 
[Derbyshire, Eng.] 
bullknob(burnob), n. Same as bulljub. [Derby- 
shire, Eng.] 
bull-neck (bul'nek), n. A thick neck like that 
of a bull. 
bull-necked (bul'nekt), a. Having a neck like 
that of a bull. 
bull-net (bul'net), n. A large hoop-shaped 
fish-net. 
bullnose (bul'noz), . An overgrown hard clam 
or quahaug, Mfra-naria, too coarse for use. 
[Chesapeake Bay.] 
bullnut (bul'nut), n. A species of hickory, Ca- 
ri/n tnmi-iitnxti, of the southern United States. 
bullock 1 (biil'ok), . [< ME. bullol; < AS. bul- 
IIK-II (rare), a bullock, dim. of an assumed 
"bulla, which is not found: see bull 1 . Of. IT. 
boloij, a heifer, a bullock.] 1. Literally, a 
young or small bull, but generally used of an 
ox or castrated bull ; a full-grown steer. 
Take thy father's young bullock, even the second but- 
/...A- of swell years old. Judges vi. _';.. 
2. [In derisive allusion to bull*.] A papal bull 
or brief. 
I semi you lu-rr a bullock which 1 did tlnd amongst my 
bulls, thut you may see how closely in time past the foreign 
invlatt's did practise about their prey. Latimer, II. 378. 
Bullocks' hides, thu name giveu in commerce to the 
raw hides of cattle. 
717 
bnllock'-'t (bul'ok), v. A perversion of &M//.//I. 
To tmlltxk iin.l .loiullli'cr over MM-. /'.,(<. 
bullock's-eye (bul'oks-i). n. [Cf. bulFs-eye.] 
1. A small thick glass or skylight in a cover- 
ing or roof. Also called bulPu-fyt. 2. The 
hoiisclcck, rii-niperriruiH tfrturum. 
bullock's-heart (bul' oka-hart), . The Eat 
Indian name for the custard-apple, Annnn n- 
ticulata. 
bullock-shell (biil'ok-shel), n. A kind of small 
thick pearl-oyster, of the genus Melcagrina, in- 
habiting tropical America. 
bulloot <bu-18t'), H. [Hind, ballut, balut = Pers. 
Inillnt, an acorn, an oak, < Ar. ballut, an oak.] 
In com., the name given to a kind of acorn used 
in India as a medicine. 
bullose (bul'os), a. Same as buttons. 
bulloua (bul' us), a. [< L. bulla, a bubble, boss, 
knob (see bulla), + -ous.~\ Exhibiting or of the 
nature of bullm, blebs, or blisters; bullate; 
bulbous. See Imilu, 4. 
bullpout (buTpout), n. A siluroid fish, espe- 
cially Amiurus nebulosus, of the eastern and 
middle United States: more widely known as 
catfish. Also called horned pout and bullhead. 
See cut under pout, 
bull-pump (bju'pump), n. A single or direct- 
acting pumping-engine in which the piston- 
rod is attached directly to the pumping-rod, 
the weight of the rods being the motive force 
on the down-stroke. 
bull-ring (bul'ring), . An arena or amphi- 
theater for bull-fights. 
Every town in Spain of any size has a large butt-ring. 
The Century, XXVII. 8. 
bull-roarer (bul'ror'er), n. A long, thin, nar- 
row piece of wood, attached at one end to a 
string, by means of which it is whirled rapidly 
in the air, causing by its revolution a deep 
sullen roar : a favorite toy with children. Also 
called 
bully 
Bull's-eye ufa Microscope. 
The bull-roarer is a toy familiar t<> most children. . . . 
The ancient Greeks employed at some of their sacred rites 
a precisely similar toy, described by historians as " a little 
piece of wood, to which a string was fastened, and ill the 
mysteries it is whirled round to make a roaring noise." 
. . . The bull-roarer is to be found in almost every country 
in the world, and among the most primitive peoples. . . . 
And as an instrument employed in religious rites or mys- 
teries, it is found In New Mexico, in Australia, in New Zea- 
land, ami in Africa to this day. 
All the year Round, June, 1885. 
bull-rope (bul'rop), n. Naut., a rope rove 
through a bull's-eye on the forward shroud of 
the lower rigging, to secure the upper yard-arm 
of a topgallant- or royal-yard when sent down 
from aloft. 
bull-rusht, n. An old spelling of bulrush. 
bulls (bulz), n. pi. [Perhaps a use of 6. 
A name in Cornwall, England, for the fish Ser- 
ranus cabrilla. 
bulls-and-cows (bulz'and-konz'), n. pi. An 
English name of the plant wake-robin or 
cuckoo-pint, Arum maeulatum, with reference 
to the purple and the pale spadices. Also 
called lords-and-ladies, for the same reason. 
See cuts under Aracem and Arum. 
bull-segg 1 (bul'seg), n. [< bull 1 + segg, seg^.] 
A castrated bull. [Scotch and North. Eng.] 
bull-segg" (bul'seg), n. [Said to be a corrup- 
tion of pool-sedge.] The reed-mace, Typha 
latifoUa. 
bull's-eye (bulz '5), n. 1. Naut.: (a) An oval 
wooden block without a sheave, but with a 
groove around it for the band 
and a hole in the center through 
which a small stay or rope may 
be rove. (6) A perforated ball 
on the jaw-rope of a gaff. 2. 
A small obscure cloud, ruddy in 
the middle, supposed to portend 
a hurricane or storm. 3. The 
hurricane or storm itself. 4. In 
arch., any circular opening for 
light or air; a bullock's-eye. 5. In astron., 
Aldebaran, a star of the first magnitude in the 
eye of Taurus, or the Bull. See cut under Tau- 
rus. 6. A round piece of thick glass, convex 
on one side, inserted into a deck, port, scuttle- 
hatch, or skylight-cover of a vessel for the 
purpose of admitting light. 7. A small lan- 
tern with a convex lens placed in one side to 
concentrate the light. 
He takes a lighted bull's-eye from the constable on duty 
there. Dicken*, Bleak House, \\ii 
8. That part of a sheet of crown-glass which 
h.-i* biM'ii attached to the pontil. It is thickerthan 
the rest of the sheet, and U not inrlu.lr.l in the light* or 
Bull's-ere, defini- 
tion i (a). 
'fulajwitit from it. IliiUVi-yei were form. rl> ..-'! 
Ill lead sa-li window*. A- tip liiaiiilfa. lui. .,r .!>. li glaM 
has niiltli .1 
iiiiitatiinio ..( liull'n- 
ere* are made for 
!! i:.i.-M|ue effect* 
In window-glazing. 
See bullion*, S. 
9. A planocon- 
vex lens in a mi- 
croscope, which 
nerves as an il- 
luminator to con- 
centrate rays of 
light upon an 
opaque micro- 
Hcopic object. 
10. A small and 
thick old-fash- 
ioned watch. 
11. In archery 
nndgunnery: (a) 
The central or 
innermost divi- 
sion of a target, 
usually round and of a different color from the 
rest. See target. 
One or two belngi, who have shot Into the very centre 
and lmll'a-fi/ of the fashion. Thackeray, 
(b) A shot that hits the bull's-eye; the best 
shot that can be made. 12. A coarse sweet- 
meat ; a colored or striped ball of candy. 
The black-bearded Bea-kings round were promising them 
rock and bvll'i-eyet, it they would only sit still like " glide 
maids." Kingtlty, Two Yean Ago, xv. 
Even the bvltt eyei and gingerbread for the children are 
not unnermltted, If they are honestly made and warranted 
not to lie poisonous. Fronde, .Sketches, p. 233. 
13. A local English name of the dunlin, Tringa 
alptna Buntllne bull's-eye, a large thimble used In 
the foot-rope of a sail. Same as lizard. 
bull's-feathert (bulz'feTH'er), n. A horn. To 
bestow the bull's feather, to make a cuckold. 
Three crooked horns, smartly top-knotted with ribands ; 
which being the ladies' wear, seem to Intimate that they 
may very probably adorn, as well as bentmr, the bull's 
/rather. Richardnan, Clarissa Harlowe, V. 295. 
bull's-foot (bulz'fut), . Same as colt's-foot. 
bull's-mouth (bulz'mouth), H. The trade-name 
for a species of helmet-shell, Cassis riita, from 
which some kinds of cameos are cut. 
bull-snake (bul'snak), n. A popular name in 
the United States for a serpent of the genus 
Pityophis, or pine-snake, which sometimes grows 
to the length of 6 feet, and makes a loud hiss- 
ing noise when disturbed, but is of mild dis- 
position and not poisonous. 
bnll's-nose (bulz'noz), . In carp., an obtuse an- 
gle formed by the junction of two plane surfaces. 
bull-spink (bul'spingk), H. The chaffinch. 
[North. Eng.] 
bull-stag (bul'stag), n. A castrated bull. 
bull-stang (bul'stang), . A dragonfly. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
bull-terrier (bul'ter'i-er), . A cross-breed 
between the bulldog and the terrier, exhibit- 
ing the courage and fierceness of the one with 
the activity of the other. 
bull-trout (bul'trout), M. A name loosely ap- 
plied to certain varieties of different species of 
the genus Salaio, as of S. solar, S. trutta, S. 
cambricus. 
bull-voiced (bul'voist), n. Having a loud 
coarse voice: as, " bull-roiccd St. Huruge," Car- 
lyle, French Rev., II. iv. 2. 
bullweed (bul'wed), n. Knapweed, I'entaurca 
niqra. 
bull- whack (bul'hwak), n. A heavy whip used 
in the southwestern United States. See ex- 
tract. Also called bull-tchip. 
In Texas and western Louisiana the bull-irhaelc Is a ter- 
rible whip with a long and very heavy lash and a short 
handle. It is used by drovers to intimidate refractory ani- 
mals. The use of this weapon was the original applicati. .11 
of bull-doze. May. of Amer. Hut., XIII. 98. 
bull-whack (bul'hwak), v. t. To lash with a 
bull-whack, 
bull- whacker (bul'h wak'er), . One who drives 
cattle with a bull-whack. [Southwestern 
r. s.] 
bull- Wheel (bul'hwel), . 1. In rope-drilling, 
the wheel used for raising the tools. 2. In a 
saw-mill, a large wheel used in drawing the logs 
from the water to the carriage. 
bull-whip (bul'hwip), . Same as bull-ichaft. 
bullwort (bul'wert\ n. 1. The bishop's-weed, 
.tin mi majus. 2. The plant Scropkularia aqua- 
tica. 
bully 1 (bul'i). n. anda. [A word separated, first 
as a noun and then as an adj., from such com- 
pounds as bully-rook (also bully-rock, etc.), etc., 
