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A DICTIONARY OF 
Bullace. Primus insltitia, L. — Ger. (wlio spells it Bulleisa and 
Bullesse). Camb., Ess., GIou., Norf., Suss., Clies., Yks. Sometimes 
applied especially to the variety vrith white or pale yellow fruit. 
Palsgrave has ‘ Bolas fride, prunelle ; hoJas tre, espine noir.’ The 
name is usually applied to the cultivated form, but in E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 2 it is rendered ‘ the bluish black plum of the hedges : “as blight 
as a bullace.''^ ’ This is probably the same as that intended by Hal., 
who says : ‘ A small black and tartish plum, growing wild in some 
parts of the country, not the sloe. It must not be confused with the 
common plum so called. The provincial meaning seems to be in- 
tended in Cotton’s Works, 1734, p. 137 ; and Floiio has bulJoes in the 
same sense in v. BiiUoiJ Holme spells it Bullays. Prior, p. 31. 
Bullbeef. The young shoots of Rosa canina, L., and Ruhus friiti- 
cosus, L., especially the latter, are peeled and eaten under this name 
bj" children. — 2Iid. Clies. 
Bull-berries. Fruit of Vaccinium Mijrtilliis, L. — Ger. 1231. Prior 
(p. 20) has Bulberry. 
Bullbind (in Hants, and Herts. Bullbine). In the Herts Mercury 
for Nov. 13, 1875, is a letter referring to a fire supposed to have been 
caused by a boy who ‘ had been smoking a bit of bullbine ’ near some 
straw. Clematis Yitalba, L. — E. Cat. 
Bulldairy. (1) Orchis mascula, L. — Scott. : Dumfriesh. N. & Q. 4, 
viii. 143. 
(2) Orchis latifolia, L. — Edinb. (spelt Bullderries). 
Bull Daisy. Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, L. — Canib., Ches., 
Climb., N. Ess., Norf., Stiff. From’ its large size compared with other 
daisies. 
Bulldogs. Antirrhinum majus, L. — Pratt. 
Bullens. Primus spinosa, L. — Sal. 
Bulles. A speUing of Bullace. — Turn. Herb. 
Bull Faces. (1) Aira ccespitosa, L. — Ches. ; Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 8 ; W's. Clevel. Gloss. ; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
(2) Dactylis glomerata, L. — Ches. (occasionally). 
(3) ‘ Tufts of coarse grass.’ — North. Hal. 
Bullfeist. Lycoperdon Bovista, L. — Hal. Wr. E. Anglia, Forby ; 
Norf. HoU. ; Stiff. Moor. Ger. has Bulfists, and Buffers is a com- 
mon Norfolk spelling : in Trans. Norf. and Norwich Nat. Hist. Soc. 
for 1872-3 it is Bulver. From Lat. bovista, Genn. boflst ; or from 
bull and feist, crepitus. Cfr. Lat. Onopordum. Prior, p. 32. 
Bull-foot, or Bulls-foot. Tussilago Farfara, L. — Turn. Names 
(Bulfote) ; Lyte, Ger. S. Bucks. From the shape of the leaf. Prior, 
p. 32. 
Bull Front. Aira ccespitosa, L. — Hal. ; Cumb. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; 
Yks. Hallamsh. Gloss. ; North, Brockett. 
Bull-grass. Bromus mollis, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Aber- 
deensh. ; Fife (Kelso), where it may refer to either B. mollis, B. 
