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women are made to think very fine. Grew. —Linen fluffed 
with cotton ; fluffing; wadding. 
BUME'LIA,_/'. [the name of a tree in Theopilraftus, 
•fuppqfed to be a fort of a(h.] In botany, a genus of the 
eiafs pentandria, order monogynia. The generic charac¬ 
ters are—Calyx : periaiithium five-leaved ; leaflets ronn- 
dilh-ovate, incumbent, concave. Corolla : one-petalled, 
five-cleft, or five-parted ; tube very fnort, round; border 
five-parted ; parts ovate, entire, fpreading, concave; with 
two' little fcales at the bale of each ; neifary five-leaved ; 
fegments fmaller than the corolla, at the bafe of the fila¬ 
ments, furroundiug the, germ, acute. Stamina: filaments 
five, inferted into'the corolla, at the bottom of the tube, 
between the lower fegments, the length of the tube ; an¬ 
thers ovate, eredf. Piftillum : germ fuperior, ovate ; 
flyle thick, eredt, fliorter than the ftamens; fiigma obtufe. 
Pericar.piutn : drupe oval. Seed a kernel fingle, oblong, 
fmooth, with a lateral fear.— EJfential CharaEler. Corolla, 
five-cleft, with a five-leaved nedtary ; drupe one-feeded. 
Species, i. Bumelia nigra, or black bumelia: branches 
wand-like, fpreading; leaves terminating, oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, fmootli ; waved about the edge ; branchlets flower- 
bearing. Browne calls this baftard bully-tree. He only 
•deferibes the fruit, which he fays is lirnail, fmooth, and 
fcattered over the branches, containing roundifli feeds, 
marked with p. very finall ovate fear. It is a native of 
Jamaica. 
2. Bumelia pallida, or pale bumelia : branches upright, 
leaves terminating, elliptic, obtufe; flowers crowded, la¬ 
teral. This alfo is a native of Jamaica. 
3. Bumelia retufa, or retufe-leaved bumelia : leaves 
, oppofitp, wedge-ovate, retufe, rigid; flowers crowded, 
axillary, Browne calls this the mountain baftard bully- 
tree ; and fays, that it has a fmall fmooth fruit. It is a 
native ef Jamaica and other iflands of the Weft Indies. 
4« Bumeiia montana, or mountain bumelia : leaves fcat¬ 
tered, alternate, oblong, obtufe; flowers axillary, pedun- 
cled. Native of Jamaica. 
5. Bumelia falicifolia, or willow-leaved bumelia : leaves 
lanceolate-ovate, acuminate; flowers crowded, axillary, 
and lateral. This has been already noticed under the name 
of Achras falicifolia, which fee. 
6. Bumelia rotundifolia, 01; round-leaved bumelia : 
leaves fuborbiculate, margined, veined, coriaceous; fmooth 
onboth (ides. 7. Bumelia peatagona, or pentagon-fruit¬ 
ed bumelia : leaves lanceolate, acuminate, finning ; flow¬ 
ersaxillary; drupes five-cornered'. Natives of the-Weft 
Indies : the laft, of the ifland of St. Vincent, 
BUMIC lL'I., 1 , a religious fedt of Mahometans in Egypt 
and Barbary, who pretend tt> fight with devils, and com¬ 
monly appear in a fright and covered with wounds and 
bruifes. About the full moon they counterfeit a combat 
in the prefence of the people, whi'ch lafts for two or three 
hours, and is performed with afiagias, or javelins, till they 
fall down quite fpent; in a little time, however, they re¬ 
cover their fpirits, get up, and walk away. 
BUMP, f. [probably from bum, as being prominent.] 
A dwelling ; a protuberance. — It had upon its brow a bump 
as big as a young cockrel’s ftone. Shakefpeare. 
To BUMP, v. a. [from bombus , Lat.] To make a loud 
noife, or bomb. [See Bomb.] It feems applied only to 
the bittern : 
Then to the water’s brink (lie laid her head, & 
And as a bittoiir bumps within a reed, 
To thee alone, O lake, fhe Laid- Dryden . 
BUM'PER,yi A cup filled till the liquor fwells over 
the brims : 
Places Inis delight 
All day in playing bumpers, and at night 
Reels to the bawds. Dryden. 
BUMP'K lN,y. [This word is of uncertain etymology ; 
Ucnfluiw derives it from pumkin, a kind of worthlefs gourd,, 
or melon. This feems harlli; yet we life the word cabbage- 
head in the fame fen fie. Bump is ufed among!! us for a knob. 
BUN 
or lump*, may not bumpkin be much the fame with clod pate, 
loggerhead , block, and blockhead A] An aukward heavy ruf¬ 
fle ; a: country lout: 
In his white cloak the magifh'ate appfears; 
The country bumpkin the fame liv’ry wears. Dryden. 
BUMP'KINLY, adj. Having the manners or appear¬ 
ance of a clown; clownifli.—He is a (imple, blundering, 
and yet conceited, fellow*, who, aiming at description, and 
the ruftic wonderful, gives an air of bumpkinly romance to 
all he tells. ClariJJ'a. 
BUN A I RA'HER BAY, a bay of the Atlantic, on the 
north coaft of the county of Mayo, in Ireland : feven 
miles weft of Killala Bay. Lat. 54. 19. M. Ion. 9.14. E. 
Greenwich. 
BUNCH, f. [ buncker , Dan. the crags of the mountains.] 
A hard lump ; a knob.—They will carry their treafures 
upon the bunches of camels, to a people that ftiall not pro¬ 
fit them. Ifaiah, xxx. 6.—A clufter ; many of the fame 
kind-growing together : 
For thee, large bunches load the bending vine, 
And the laft bleffings of the year are thine. Dryden. 
A number of things tied together.—The mother’s bunch 
of keys, or any thing they cannot hurt themfelves with, 
ferves to divert little children. Locke .—Any thing bound 
into a knot : as, a bunch of ribbon ; a tuft: 
Upon the top of all his lofty creft, 
A bunch of hairs difcover’d d.iverfiy, 
With fprinkled pearl and gold full richly dreft. Spenfcr „ 
To BUNCH, v. n. To dwell out in a bunch ; to grow 
out in protuberances. 
BUNCH'B ACKED, adj. Having bunches on the back j 
crookbacked. 
BUNCH'INESS, f. The quality of being bunchy, or 
growing in bunches. 
BUN'CHY, adj. Growing in bunches ; having tufts.— 
He is more efpeciallv difiinguiftied from other birds, by 
his bunchy tail, and the fhortnefs of his legs. Grew. 
BUN'DE, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft, 
phalia, and county of Ravenfberg. Its trade confifts in 
thread and coarfe linen ; near it is a medicinal fpring. 
BUNDELCUND', a drear of Hindooftan, in the coun¬ 
try of Allahabad. The country in general is mountain¬ 
ous, ftony, and covered with wood. The land, where it 
is not ftony, produces all forts of fruit, but neither rice 
nor fugam cotton trees are in plenty, and a fpecies of tree 
from which thd inhabitants gather a black nut. The prin¬ 
cipal tow ns are Chatterpour, Mow, and Panna; the prin¬ 
cipal river is the Cane or Ken. 
BUN'DLE,/! \_byndle, Sax. from bynd.~] A number of 
things bound together. — As to the bundles of petitions in 
parliament, they were, for the mo ft part, petitions of pri¬ 
vate perfons. Hale .—A roll; anything rolled up. The 
records of the Chancery lying in the office of Rolls, are 
alfo termed bundles, in which are contained, the files of 
bills and anfwers ; of hab. cor. cum caufa ; certiorari's ; at¬ 
tachments; ScC.fcire facias's ; certificates of ftatute-ftaple ; 
extents and liberates ; fuperfedeas's ; bails on fpecial par¬ 
dons ; bills from the exchequer of the names of Iheriffs ; 
letters patents furrendered ; and deeds cancelled ; inquifi- 
tions; privy deals for grants; bills figned by the king; 
warrants of efeheators; cuftomers, See. 
To BUN'DLE, v. a. To tie in a bundle; to tie together; 
with up .—We ought to put things together as well as we 
can, dohlrince caufa-, but, after all, feveral things will not 
bo bundled up together, under our terms and ways of fpeak- 
ing. Locke. 
As if a man, in making pofies. 
Should bundle thirties up with rofes. Swift. 
BU'NEL (Peter), born at Touloufe in 1499, ftudied 
in the college of Coqueret at Paris, where he was diftin- 
guifhed by his fine genius. Dn his return to Toulou.fe, 
finding his father unable to maintain him, he went to Pa¬ 
dua, 
