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.

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