English English Dictionary

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.

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; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.

Alt. of Bullfly

A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

The huso or salmon of the Danube.

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.

A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.

A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.

A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.

A circular or oval opening for air or light.

A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.

Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.

The center of a target.

A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.

A small and thick old-fashioned watch.

An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull.

A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.

The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.