Bullish
(Bull"ish) a. Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.
Let me inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as bullish.
Milton.
Bullist
(Bull"ist), n. [F. bulliste. See Bull an edict.] A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.] Harmar.
Bullition
(Bul*li"tion) n. [L. bullire, bullitum, to boil. See Boil, v. i.] The action of boiling; boiling.
[Obs.] See Ebullition. Bacon.
Bull-necked
(Bull"-necked`) a. Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. Sir W. Scott.
Bullock
(Bul"lock) n. [AS. bulluc a young bull. See Bull.]
1. A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.
Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old.
Judges vi. 25.
2. An ox, steer, or stag.
Bullock
(Bul"lock), v. t. To bully. [Obs.]
She shan't think to bullock and domineer over me.
Foote.
Bullock's-eye
(Bul"lock's-eye`) n. See Bull's- eye, 3.
Bullon
(||Bul"lon) n. (Zoöl.) A West Indian fish
Bullpout
(Bull"pout`) n. (Zoöl.) See Bullhead, 1 (b).
Bull's-eye
(Bull's"-eye`) n.
1. (Naut.) 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. Dickens.
6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
7. (Archery & Gun.) 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. [Colloq.]
Bull's-nose
(Bull's"-nose`) n. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
Bull terrier
(Bull" ter"ri*er) (Zoöl.) A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.
Bull trout
(Bull" trout`) (Zoöl.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta
and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; — called also sea trout. (b) Salvelinus malma of California
