Chapter Brightness to Bulbul of B by Soule's Synonymes

Buffet, n.

1. Slap, box, knock, stroke, rap, blow, cuff.

2. Cupboard, sideboard.

3. Refreshment-counter, luncheon-board.

Buffet, v. a.

1. Beat, box, slap, strike, smite, cuff.

2. Struggle against, contend against, resist.

Buffle-headed, a. Dull, doltish, foolish, blockish, simple, witless, thick-skulled, stolid, loutish, beetle- headed, ox-headed, muddle-headed. See stupid.

Buffoon, n. Mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, merry-andrew, punch, punchinello, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

Buffoonery, n. Jesting (of a low sort), mummery, foolery, tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks.

Buff-skin, n. Buff.

Bugaboo, n. See bugbear.

Bugbear, n. Hobgoblin, spectre, ogre, bugaboo, Gorgon hydra, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones, object of baseless terror.

Bugle, n.

1. Hunting-horn, bugle-horn.

2. (Mil.) Call-bugle, key-bugle.

3. Elongated bead, drop-ornament.

Build, v. a. Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.

Build, v. n. Construct edifices.

Build, n. Make, form, shape, construction, model, figure.

Building, n.

1. Construction.