Helen Fenton

Bump: Definition and part of speech

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Bump

  1. n. The noise made by the bittern.
  2. v. t. To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
  3. v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
  4. n. A thump; a heavy blow.
  5. n. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
  6. n. One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of “veneration;” the bump of “acquisitiveness.”
  7. n. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
  8. v. i. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

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.

Bull’s-eye: Definition and part of speech

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Bull’s-eye

  1. n. A small and thick old-fashioned watch.
  2. n. A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
  3. n. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
  4. n. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship’s side, etc., to let in light.
  5. n. A circular or oval opening for air or light.
  6. n. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.
  7. n. Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
  8. n. The center of a target.
  9. n. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
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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.

Bull trout: Definition and part of speech

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Bull trout

  1. The huso or salmon of the Danube.
  2. In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; — called also sea trout.
  3. Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; — called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.

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.