Helen Fenton

Bunting: Definition and part of speech

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Bunting

  1. n. Alt. of Buntine
  2. n. A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buntline: Definition and part of speech

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Buntline

  1. n. One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buoy: Definition and part of speech

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Buoy

  1. n. A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.
  2. v. t. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; — with up.
  3. v. t. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
  4. v. t. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buoyage: Definition and part of speech

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Buoyage

  1. n. Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.