Bugle

1. n. A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.
2. n. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
3. n. A horn used by hunters.
4. n. 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more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; — called also the Kent bugle.
5. n. An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.
6. a. Jet black.

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Buffoonism

1. n. The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.

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Buffoonly

1. a. Low; vulgar.

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Buffy

1. a. Resembling, or characterized by, buff.

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Buffeted

1. imp. & p. p. of Buffet

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Bufo

1. n. A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.

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Buffeting

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Buffet
2. n. A striking with the hand.

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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.

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Buffeter

1. n. One who buffets; a boxer.

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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.

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