into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of
straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.
The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith. Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. Weale.
Bundle (Bun"dle), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bundled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bundling ]
1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. T. Hook. To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's
self up warmly or cumbrously.
Bundle (Bun"dle), v. i.
1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially
lovers, thus sleeping. Bartlett.
Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle
with the Yankee lasses. W. Irving. Bung (Bung) n. [Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout, OGael. buine.]
1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
3. A sharper or pickpocket. [Obs. & Low]
You filthy bung, away. Shak. Bung (Bung), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bunged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging ] To stop, as the orifice in the
bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; with up.
To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [Low]
He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Shelton Bungalow (Bun"ga*low) n. [Bengalee bangla] A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story,
usually surrounded by a veranda. [India]
Bungarum (||Bun"ga*rum) n. [Bungar, the native name.] (Zoöl.) A venomous snake of India, of the
genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.
Bunghole (Bung"hole`) n. See Bung, n., 2. Shak.
Bungle (Bun"gle) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling ] [Prob. a diminutive from,
akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.] To act or work in a clumsy,
awkward manner.
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