On arriving at the 
bathe in it, in order I 
the water. ti. Cv 
buoyancy 
Dead Sea I forth 
72H 
orthwlth proceeded to Buprestis (bu-pres'1 
'.''in'iheY.evani'TT?;' "'<* '"'""^". =' beel !.. i, tl..fH.Md 
a swelling in cattle, or 
which, being eaten by 
cattle in the grass, 
caused them to swell 
up and die,< flovc,, ox, + 
-fii/tlm; blowup, Swell.] 
The typical genus of 
beetles of the family 
Buprextidai. B. rufipex 
is a North American 
3. Figuratively, light-heartedness ; cheerful- 
ness; hopefulness; elasticity (if spirit. 
The Spaniards are remarkable for an inertness, a want 
of buoyancy, and an absent-*- of hop. which . . . Isolate 
them from the rest of the i-iuli/.ed world. 
Itueklr, Civilization, II. i. 
buoyant (boi'- or boi'ant), a. [< buoy, v., + 
-ant 1 .] 1. I laving the quality of rising or float- 
ing in a fluid ; floating ; relatively light ; that 
will not sink. 2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sus- 
taining another body by reason of greater spe- species, 
cine gravity. Buprorldae (bu-pro'n- 
de), . pi. [NL., < Bu- 
prorus + -idee.] A 
family of minute free- 
swimming entomostra- 
cous crustaceans, of 
the order Copepoda. 
i gravity 
The water under me was buoyant. 
Drydtn, Ded. of Eleonora. 
3. Figuratively, cheerful ; hopeful ; not easily 
depressed. 
His was not the buoyant temper, the flow of animal 
spirits, which carries a man over every obstacle. Prescott. , i - _, . 
His [Landers] nature was so buoyant that, like the Faun, BUprOrUS (bu-pro rus), 
he forgot both pain and pleasure. " L.MJ., \ Ur. .iJoi'jrny- 
stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 65. poc, with the forehead 
4. Causing buoyancy of mind; cheering; in- or face of an ox, < 
vigorating. 
The grass Is cool, the sea-side air 
Buoyant and fresh. 
M. Arnold, Empedocles on Etna. 
buoyantly (boi'- or boi'ant-li), adv. In a buoy- 
ant manner, 
buoy antne ss ( boi ' - or b8i ' ant-nes) , n. The state 
or quality of being buoyant ; buoyancy, 
buoy-rope (boi'rop), . The rope which fas- 
tens a buoy to an anchor. 
Buphaga (bu'fa-ga), n. [NL., < Gr. 
ox-eating, < fiovf, 
ox, + <t>ayeiv, 
eat.] In ornith.. 
the typical and 
only genus of 
the family Bu- 
1'hii'jitln'. I'd, iv 
are two species, 
B. a/ritana and 
B. rrttthrorhyncha, 
liotli African. 
Buphagidae (bii- 
fai'i-de), . i>l. 
[NL., < BH/iliti- 
ga + -idai.\ A 
family of Afri- 
can sturnoid 
passerine birds, 
the oxpeckers, 
beef-eaters, or 
pique-bflBufs: so 
called because 
they alight up- 
on the backs of 
cattle to eat the parasiteu which infest the 
hides of these animals. The family is not well 
marked, and is often referred to the Sturnida'. 
Buphaginaa (bu-fa-ji'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Bu- 
fthatjn + -#,'.] The ox-peckers, considered as 
a subfamily of Sturnida!. 
buphagine (bu'fa-jin), a. Of or pertaining to 
the BuphiKjiini! or Buphagida!. 
BuphagUS (bu'fa-gus), n. [NL.: see Buphaga.] 
1. A genus of /xmrffl-, the skua-gulls: synony- 
mous with Stercorarius. Moehring ; Cones. 2. 
Same as Buphaga. 
buphthalmos (biif-thal'mos), n. [NL., < Gr. 
/toff, ox, + o<t>ffa?i(i6r,, eye. Cf. Gr. ffoimtf, ox- 
eyed.] A disease of the eye, characterized by a 
uniform spherical bulging of the cornea, which 
may be so great as to prevent the easy closing 
of the eyelids and give the eye a staring look. 
Also called ceratoglobus, hydrophthiilinia ante- 
rior, and liydropa of the anterior chamber. 
buphthalmurn, buphthalmus (buf-thal'mum, 
-mus), n. [< L. huphthalmox, < Gr. iioi^Ba^.uov, 
oxeye, < /toif, ox, + IxjiHa/.uoc,, eye.] The oxeye 
or mayweed. 
S^^aai^n-^e' ^HgioTof ai Pronunciation o~f the rough_r common 
jority of the Japanese. Also called Buklcio. 
buprestid (bu-pres'tid), ,7. and . I. a. Of or 
pertaining to the Btiprestida!. 
II. . A member of the Ituprrstida;. 
Buprestidae (bii-pres'ti-de), n.pl. [NL., < Bu- 
i Vertical line show* natural ize. ) 
12} ' "rVr**) iurc |M*I t 
(of a ship), prow.] The typical genus of the 
family Buprorida. 
bur 1 , burr 1 (ber), . [< ME. burre, a bur (of a 
Slant) ; not found in AS. ; = Dan. borre, bur- 
ock, burre, burdock, bur, = Sw. borre, a sea- 
urchin, in comp. Icardborre, bur, burdock; cf. 
OF. bourre = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. borra t coarse hair, 
wool, etc., < ML. burra, coarse hair, wool, etc. ; 
perhaps same as LL. burra, a shaggy garment 
(of. pi. burro 1 , jests, trifles, nonsense), prob. < 
OL. burrug, red, reddish: see borel 1 , burrel, 
bureau, birrus, birretta, etc., burl 1 , burlesque, etc. 
But the relations of the forms and senses are 
uncertain, and some of the modern senses are 
prob. of different origin.] 1 . The rough, prickly 
case or covering of the seeds of certain plants, 
as of the chestnut and burdock. Hence 2. 
The plant burdock : as, " rude burs and thistles," 
Milton, Comus, 1. 352. 3. In general, a pro- 
tuberance upon, or a raised portion of, an ob- 
ject, usually more or less rough or irregular 
in form. Specifically (a) The lobe or lap of the ear. 
(6) The circular boss round the root of an antler, (c) For- 
merly, that part of a saddle-bow which protected the 
thighs and knees. It was often of steel, or plated with 
steel, and engraved or decorated with gilding. (/) In 
enyratnnff, slight ridges of metal raised upon a copper 
surface by the burin, the rocker, or the dry-point. It is 
sometimes wholly or partly removed by the scraper, but is 
often left to produce a peculiar effect of its own in the 
print. In mezzotint engraving, for example, the whole 
effect comes from the bur raised by the rocker, which is 
untouched in the deep shades and more or less burnished 
away to form the lights, (r) In founding, the roughness 
left on i >ort ions of a casting, which is rubbed off on a stone. 
(/) The rough neck left on a bullet in casting. 
4. The name of various tools and appliances. 
(a) A triangular chisel used to clear the corners of mor- 
tises, c' ) A small circular saw. (c) A fluted reaming- 
tool, (d) Same as bur-drill, (e) A washer placed at the 
head of a rivet. (/) (1) A movable ring adjusted to the 
staff of a lance, and covered with minute projections to 
afford a grip to the gauntlet. It was grasped when the 
lance was laid in rest. See Inner. (4) A ring or plate at- 
tached to the handle of a battle-ax or mace to afford a 
good grip for either hand. (;/t) Anything put under a 
wheel to stop Its progress. 
5. A partially vitrified brick ; a clinker. Also 
called bur-brick. 6. The blank driven out of 
a piece of sheet-metal by a punch. 7. Waste 
raw silk. 8. A name for the club-moss, Lyco- 
podium clavatum. [Scotch.] 9. The sweet- 
bread. 10. [Perhaps an error for burl 1 .] Same 
as burl 1 , '2. 11. Same as burstoae. 12. The 
rounded knob forming the base of a deer's horn. 
13t. The external ineatus of the ear; the 
opening leading to the tympanum. Bur In the 
throat, anything that appears to stick in the throat or 
produces a choking sensation ; huskiness. Metallic bur, 
a metallic grinding-plate used in place of the real bur- 
stone for such coarse work as grinding corn for stock. 
bur 2 , burr 2 (ber), n. [< ME. borre, a hoarseness 
or roughness in the throat: usually supposed 
rTor, .ion ;;; e to be connected with frur 1 , ourr 1 , but perhaps 
. p., also H- IO , contr. of o f imitative origin; cf. Wrr 2 .] 1. The^uttuAl 
Idha, -f ho, law, doctrine.] pronlmciation * f the rough r J eoramo n In some 
of the northern counties of England, especially 
Northumberland; rhotaoism. 
An aunt of my own, just come from the N 01 th. with_the 
true Newcastle bur in her throat. 
Oxpecker (Hufha 
burbot 
3. To make a whirring imi-i-. S.-. -liur-, r. 
bUT<, burr' i l'-r >. . [ K. dial, burr, early mod. 
K. liiirrr, short for ME. bnrrnir,-. /<///<, a rir- 
* 1. . also a mound, etc. : e<- ' <,,/'-'.] 1. Same 
as burrovP, 3. 2. A halo round tin- moon. 
Compare burrow 2 , 4, brouyk't, 4. [Prov. Eng. 
in both senses.] 
buract, . [A form of borax, < Ar. buraq: see 
borajc, n.] In anc. chem., a general name for 
all kinds of salts. 
buran (bS'ran), n. [Also, in F. spelling, bour- 
rnii, repr. Kuss. buranu. Cf. bora.] A snow- 
storm; especially, a long-continued snow- 
storm, accompanied by high winds. 
buratite (Im'ra-tit), n. A variety of auricnal- 
cite (which see). 
burattino (bO-rat-Wno), n. ; pi. burattini (-n6). 
[It., appar. dim. of burattn, bombazine: see 
lmlt-.\ A particular kind of puppet. See ex- 
tract. 
The Burattini deserve the greater credit because they 
are agitated by the legs from below the scene, and not 
managed by cords from above, as at the Marionette The- 
atre, llmrrll*. Venetian Life, v. 
bur-bark (ber'bark), . The fibrous bark of 
Triumfetta semitriloba, a tiliaceous shrub of 
the tropics, yielding a very good fiber much 
resembling jute. 
burblet, r. i. [Early mod. E., < ME. burble*, 
burbulen, burbilen, brobilen, also (in def. 2) 
contr. burten; cf. F. dial. (Picard) borbouller, 
murmur, = Sp. burliollar, burbujear = Pg. bor- 
bolhar, borbulliar = It. borbogliare, bubble, gush ; 
in another form OF. borboter, dial. (Picard) bor- 
boter, = Sp. borbotar, bubble, gush; cf. Picard 
barboter = Sp. barbotar = Cat. barbotejar = It. 
dial, barbotta, mutter, mumble ; Gr. jiopftopv^eiv, 
rumble (see borborygmus) ; all ult. imitative, 
burble in E. being practically a var. of bubble, 
q. v. Cl.purfr.] 1. To bubble ; gush. 
fiurblon [var. bttrbtlyn], as ale or other lykore, bullo. 
Prompt. Pan., p. 56. 
I burbyll, or spring up, as water dothe out of a spring ; 
this water tnirbyllelh vp pretyly. Pabgrave, foL 171). 
So the bre (bree: here, foaming water] and the brethe 
[wind] burbflit to gedur, 
That hit spirit vp spitfously fyuc speire lenght 
with waiter ami waweg, that the wynd dryues 
All fore as a fyre the firmament ouer. 
Datnutim of Troy (E. E. T. S.X 1. 3697. 
2. To welter. 
Horn was leuer on the lond leng at nor aunter, 
And be brittnet In batell, then Inirbull in the Hod. 
Dfttruction of Tnni (E. E. T. S.), L 6780. 
Many a balde [)>old] manne laye there swykede 
Brobillandr [burbling] In his blode. 
MS. l.inroln (AX I. 17, fol. 115. (Hallim-ll.} 
burble, . [Early mod. E. or dial., < ME. bur- 
blc.burbulte, burbyll, a bubble; cf. Sp. burbuja 
= Pg. borbulha, a bubble; from the verb.] If. 
A bubble. 
Burble in the water, bulwtte. I'aUgrave. 
2. A small pimple. [Prov. Eng.] 
burblyt, . [Early mod. E. burbely, < ME. bur- 
bly ; ' burble + -y.] Bubbling. 
burboltH (ber'bolt), n. A corruption of bird- 
bolt 1 . Marston. 
Should on sudden shoote 
His gi'osse knob'd burbott. 
Xanton, What You Will, Ind. 
burbolt 2 (ber'bolt), n. [Like birdboltf, a cor- 
ruption of burbot.] A local English name of 
the burbot. 
As much braine as a burbolt. 
Udall, Roister Doister, ill. . 
burbot (ber'bot), . [A corruption (perhaps 
through influence of turbot) of F. barbate, a 
burbot, < barbe, < L. barba, beard. Cf . barbel.] 
A fish of the family (iadidte, Lota maculotia. 
It has an elongated form, depressed head and shoulders, 
one barbel on the chin and two on the nose, a short low 
anterior dorsal commencing behind the pectorals, and a 
2. A whirring noise. 
Foote, The Minor, Ink 
See ftirr2, n. 
pr,:,-ti(d-) + -id'a-.] A family of serricorn Co'- bur-', burr* (be'r), r. i. ; pret. and pp. burred, 
' - nth the first and second Ppr- '"''"'/- [ .br?, .J 1. To speak with a 
guttural or rough pronunciation of the letter r. 
2. To talk or whisper hoarsely; murmur. 
These hideous streets, these graves, where men alive. 
Tacked close with eurtli worms, burr unconsciously 
About the plague thut slew fl. 
.Vrx. Browning, Aurora Leigh, iv. 
, or beetles, with the first and second 
ventral segments connate, the antenna? serrate 
(pectinate in Xenorhipis), and the tarsi with 
membranous lobe. 
buprestidan (bu-pres'ti-dan), a. and . Same 
as liit]ir(*iiil. 
Burbot, or Fresh-nter Cod (/- m*t*lfif}. 
( From Report of U. S. Fish Commtalon. ) 
long posterior one. It Is an inhabitant of the fresh waters 
of northern Europe, Asia, and America, In favored north- 
em localities it occasionally attains a weight of 50 to 90 
pounds, hut rarely exceeds a few pounds In England or the 
I nited State*. It Is generally regarded as inferior for food, 
and in most populous communities Is rejected, hut in the 
fur countries it is extensively used. It is best In cold wea- 
ther. In England It is also called eonn-Jifk and eel-pout; 
in the United .States it is better known as the eel-pout, 
nut, ling, /renh-iratrr cod, and lairyrr ; in the for coon- 
