Helen Fenton

Bufonite: Definition and part of speech

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Bufonite

  1. n. 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 oolite and chalk formations; toadstone; — so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.

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.

Bug: Definition and part of speech

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Bug

  1. n. One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
  2. n. A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
  3. n. A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
  4. n. An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
  5. n. One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.

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.

Buddle: Definition and part of speech

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Buddle

  1. v. i. To wash ore in a buddle.
  2. n. An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.

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.

Bude burner: Definition and part of speech

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Bude burner

  1. A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied.

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.

Bude light: Definition and part of speech

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Bude light

  1. A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil.

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.

Budge: Definition and part of speech

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Budge

  1. a. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
  2. v. i. To move off; to stir; to walk away.
  3. v. Brisk; stirring; jocund.
  4. n. A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; — used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
  5. a. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.

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.