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| aq bull | <abbreviation> L. Aqua bulliens, boiling water. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bull | Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce. Bull bat, the pine snake of the United States. Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag. Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc. 1. A seal. See Bulla. 2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. E, "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief. "A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses." (Atterbury) 3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility. "And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic." (Milton) The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; so called from its golden seal. Synonym: See Blunder. Origin: OE. Bulle, fr. L. Bulla bubble, stud, knob, LL, a seal or stamp: cf. F. Bulle. Cf. Bull a writing, Bowl a ball, Boil. 1. <zoology> The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale. The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope. 2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. 3. <astronomy> Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades. "At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him." (Thomson) 4. One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear. Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them. John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." . To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it. Origin: OE. Bule, bul, bole; akin to D. Bul, G. Bulle, Icel. Boli, Lith. Bullus, Lett. Bollis, Russ. Vol'; prob. Fr. The root of AS. Bellan, E. Bellow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bull brier | <botany> A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from new Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer. Synonym: bamboo brier and China brier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bull neck | A heavy thick neck caused by hypertrophied muscles or enlarged cervical lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bull's-eye | 1. A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging. 2. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm. 3. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc, to let in light. 4. A circular or oval opening for air or light. 5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. 6. <astronomy> Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull. 7. The center of a target. 8. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown. 9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bull's-eye maculopathy | An ocular condition in which oedema or degeneration of the sensory retina at the posterior pole of the eye causes alternating areas of light and dark, as in a target; seen in toxic, inflammatory, and hereditary conditions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bull terrier | <zoology> A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bull trout | <zoology> In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; called also sea trout. Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout. The huso or salmon of the Danube. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" bullshit: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" uncomplimentary terms for a policeman an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later Taurus: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus push or force; "He bulled through his demands" Taurus: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 bull's eye: the center of a target try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) bullshit: talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle advance in price; "stocks were bulling"
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(Bull.) abbreviation for L. bul
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Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or simply Bull) is a French computer company based in Louveciennes, France, outside Paris. The company has also been known at various times as Bull General Electric, Honeywell Bull, CII Honeywell Bull, and Bull HN. Bull was founded in 1931, as H.W. Egli - Bull, to capitalize on the punched card technology patents of Norwegian engineer Fredrik Rosing Bull (1882–1925). ...
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A bull is an adult male whale. 1,000,000,000 BYA "bya" stands for billions of years ago.
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(Hunting) A male elk, moose, or caribou of breeding age.
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