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Buf¶fel duck (?). [See Buffalo.] (Zo”l.) A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead. Buff¶er (?), n. [Prop a striker. See Buffet a blow.] 1. (Mech.) (a) An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car. (b) A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which recieves the blow; Ð sometimes called buffing apparatus. 2. One who polishes with a buff. 3. A wheel for buffing; a buff. 4. A goodÐhumored, slowÐwitted fellow; Ð usually said of an elderly man. [Colloq.] Dickens. Buff¶erÏhead· (?), n. The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages. BufÏfet¶ (?), n. [F. buffet, LL. bufetum; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. the same source as E. buffet a blow, the root meaningÿto puff, hence (cf. puffed up) the idea of ostentation or display.] 1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside. Pope. 2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering. Buf¶fet (?), n. [OE. buffet, boffet, OF. buffet a slap in the face, a pair of bellows, fr. buffe blow, cf. F. bouffer to blow, puff; prob. akin to E. puff. For the meaning slap, blow, cf. F. soufflet a slap, souffler to blow. See Puff, v.i., and cf. Buffet sidebroad, Buffoon] 1. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff. When on his cheek a buffet fell. Sir W.Scott. 2. A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity. Those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for yeas to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay. Burke. Fortune's buffets and rewards. Shak. 3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. Go fetch us a light buffet. Townely Myst. Buf¶fet, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Buffeted; p.pr. & vb.n. Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. They spit in his face and buffeted him. Matt.xxvi.67. 2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores. Broome. You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. W.Black. 3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. Buf¶fet, v.i. 1. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. Shak. 2. To make one's way by blows or struggling. Strove to buffet to land in vain. Tennyson. Buf¶fetÏer (?), n. One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson. Buf¶fetÏing, n. 1. A striking with the hand. 2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but ... fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt. Buf¶fin (?), n. [So called from resembling buff ?eather.] A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns. [Obs.] Buff¶ing ap·paÏra¶tus (?). See Buffer, 1. Buf¶fle (?), n. [OE., from F. buffle. See Buffalo.] The buffalo. [Obs.] Sir T.Herbert. Buf¶fle, v.i. To puzzle; to be at a loss. [Obs.] Swift. Buf¶fleÏhead· (?), n. [Buffle + head.] 1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.] What makes you stare so, bufflehead? Plautus (trans. 1694). 2. (Zo”l.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck. Buf¶fleÐhead·ed, a. Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering. [Obs.] So fell this buffleÐheaded giant. Gayton. ØBuf¶fo (?), n.masc. [It. See Buffoon.] (Mus.) The comic actor in an opera. BufÏfoon¶ (?), n. [F. bouffon (cf. It. buffone, buffo, buffa, puff of wind, vanity, nonsense, trick), fr. bouffer to puff out, because the buffoons puffed out their cheeks for the amusement of the spectators. See Buffet a blow.] A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merryÐandrew. BufÏfoon¶ (?), a. Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon. ½Buffoon stories.¸ Macaulay. To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances. Melmoth. BufÏfoon¶, v.i. To act the part of a buffoon. [R.] BufÏfoon¶, v.t. To treat with buffoonery. Glanwill. BufÏfoon¶erÏy (?), n.; pl. Buffooneries (?). [F. bouffonnerie.] The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a ½What makes you blush?¸ Spectator. BufÏfoon¶ish, a. Like a buffoon; consisting in low?jests or gestures. Blair. BufÏfoon¶ism (?), n. The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery. BufÏfoon¶ly, a. Low; vulgar. [R.] Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse. Goodman. Buff¶y (?), a. (Med.)ÿResembling, or characterized by, buff. Buffy coat, the coagulated plasma of blood when the red corpuscles have so settled out that the coagulum appears nearky colorless. This is common in diseased conditions where the corpuscles run together more rapidly and in denser masses than usual. Huxley. ØBu¶fo (?), n. [L. bufo a toad.] (Zo”l.) A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads. Bu¶fonÏite (?), n. [L. bufo toad: cf. F. bufonite.] (Paleon.) An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the o”lite and chalk formations; toadstone; Ð so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad. Bug (?), n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. Bogey, Boggle.] 1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.] Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. Shak. 2. (Zo”l.) A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc. 3. (Zo”l.) An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug. 4. (Zo”l.) One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle. 5. (Zo”l.) One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc. µ According to present popular usage in England, and among housekeepers in America, bug, when not joined with some qualifying word, is used specifically for bedbug. As a general term it is used very loosely in America, and was formerly used still more loosely in England. ½God's rare workmanshipÿin the ant, the poorest bug that creeps.¸ Rogers (Naaman). ½This bug with gilded wings.¸ Pope. Bait bug. See under Bait. Ð Bug word, swaggering or threatening language. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Bug·aÏboo¶ (?), Bug¶bear· (?), n. [See Bug.] Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, used to frighten children, etc. ½Bugaboos to fright ye.¸ Lloyd. But, to the world no bugbear is so great As want of figure and a small estate. Pope. The bugaboo of the liberals is the church pray. S.B.Griffin. The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. J.Burroughs. Syn. - Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow. Bug¶bane· (?), n. (Bot.) A perennial whiteÐflowered herb of the order Ranunculace‘ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species. Bug¶bear· (?), n. Same as Bugaboo. Ð a. Causing needless fright. Locke. Bug¶bear·, v.t. To alarm with idle phantoms. Bug¶fish· (?), n. (Zo”l.) The menhaden. [U.S.] Bug¶ger (?), n. [F. bougre, fr. LL. Bulgarus, a Bulgarian, and also a heretic; because the inhabitants of Bulgaria were infected with heresy. Those guilty of the crime of buggery were called heretics, because in the eyes of their adversaries there was nothing more heinous than heresy, and it was therefore thought that the origin of such a vice could only be owing to heretics.] 1. One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite. 2. A wretch; Ð sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement. [Low] Bug¶gerÏy (?), n. [OF. bougrerie, bogrerie, heresy. See Bugger.] Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy. Bug¶giÏness (?), n. [From Buggy, a.] The state of being infested with bugs. Bug¶gy (?), a. [From Bug.] Infested or abounding with bugs. Bug¶gy, n.; pl. Buggies. 1. A light one horse twoÐwheeled vehicle. [Eng.] Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to the race in a buggy. Beaconsfield. 2. A light, fourÐwheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top. [U.S.] Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver. Ð Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; Ð called also sulky plow. Bu¶gle (?), n. [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF. bugle, fr. L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox. See Cow the animal.] A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. E.Phillips. Bu¶gle, n. [See Bugle a wild ox.] 1. A horn used by hunters. 2. (Mus.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; Ð called also the Kent bugle. Bu¶gle, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G. bgel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as G. biegenÿto bend, E. bow to bend.] An elingated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black. Bu¶gle, a. [From Bugle a bead.] Jet black. ½Bugle eyeballs.¸ Shak. Bu¶gle, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World. Yellow bugle, the Ajuga cham‘pitys. Bu¶gled (?), a. Ornamented with bugles. Bu¶gle horn· (?). 1. A bugle. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Sir W.Scott. 2. A drinking vessel made of horn. [Obs.] And drinketh of his bugle horn the wine. Chaucer. Bu¶gler (?), n. One who plays on a bugle. Bu¶gleÏweed· (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage. Bu¶gloss (?), n.; pl. Buglosses (?). [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbensÿand the Lycopsis arvensis. Ð Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium. Bug¶wort· (?), n. (Bot.) Bugbane. Buhl (?), Buhl¶work (?), n. [From A.Ch.Boule, a French carver in wood.] Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. [Written also boule, boulework.] Buhl¶buhl (?), n. (Zo”l.) See Bulbul. Buhr¶stone· (?), n. [OE. bur a whetstone for scythes.] (Min.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. [Written also burrstone.] Build (?), v.t. [imp. & p.p. Built (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Building. The regular imp. & p.p. Builded is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldanÿto build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. bÓl farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, b”le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b?a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. û97.] 1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise. Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. Milton. 2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means. Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. Shak. 3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; Ð frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution. I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. Acts xx.32. Syn. - To erect; construct; raise; found; frame. Build (?), v.i. 1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building. 2. To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others. Build, n. Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship. Build¶er (?), n. One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc. Build¶ing, n. 1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. Bp. Hall. 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. Hosking. 3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc. Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. Shak. Built (?), n. Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship. [Obs.] Dryden. Built, a. Formed; shaped; constructed; made; Ð often used in composition and preceded by the word denotingÿthe form; as, frigateÐbuilt, clipperÐbuilt, etc. Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly built. Landor. Buke¶ mus¶lin (?). See Book muslin. ØBuk¶shish (?), n. See Backsheesh. ØBu¶lau (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.

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