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BULLS, _s. pl._ Strong bars in which the teeth of a harrow are placed, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _bol_, Isl. _bolr_, truncus.
BULL-SEGG, _s._ The great cat-tail or reedmace, Typha latifolia, Linn.
S. B.
BULL-SEGG, _s._ A gelded bull.
V. ~Segg~.
BULTY, _adj_. Large, Fife.
This may be allied to Teut. _bult_, gibbus, tuber; Belg. _bult_, a bunch, _bultje_, a little bunch; Isl. _buld_, cra.s.sus.
BULWAND, _s._ The name given to common mugwort, Orkney, Caithn.
_Neill_.
_To_ b.u.m, _v. n._
1. To buzz, to make a humming noise; used with respect to bees, S. A.
Bor.
_J. Nicol._
2. Used to denote the noise of a mult.i.tude.
_Hamilton._
3. As expressing the sound emitted by the drone of a bag-pipe, S.
_Ferguson._
4. Used to denote the freedom of agreeable conversation among friends, S. B.
Belg. _bomm-en_, to resound; Teut. _bomme_, a drum.
~b.u.m~, _s._ A humming noise, the sound emitted by a bee, S.,
V. the _v._
~b.u.mbee~, _s._ A humblebee, a wild bee that makes a great noise, S.
_b.u.mble-bee_, id. A. Bor.
Q. the _bee_ that _b.u.ms_.
~b.u.m-Clock~, _s._ A humming beetle, that flies in the summer evenings.
_Burns._
BU-MAN, _s._ A name given to the devil.
V. under ~Bu~.
b.u.mBARD, _adj._ Indolent, lazy.
Ital. _bombare_, a humble-bee.
_Dunbar._
~b.u.mbart~, _s._
1. The drone-bee, or perhaps a flesh-fly.
_Melvill's MS._
2. A drone, a driveller.
_Dunbar._
b.u.mBAZED, BOMBAZED, _adj._ Stupified, S.
V. ~Bazed~.
_Ross._
Q. stupified with noise; from Teut. _bomme_, tympanum, and _baesen_, delirare.
b.u.mMACK, b.u.mMOCK, _s._
1. An entertainment anciently given at Christmas by tenants to their landlords, Orkn.
_Wallace's Orkn._
2. A brewing of a large quant.i.ty of malt, for the purpose of being drunk at once at a merry meeting.--Caithn.
