English English Dictionary

The lyre bird.

A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.

A small ball.

A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.

A cannon ball.

The fetlock of a horse.

Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.

A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.

A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society.

Having a large face.

See Bullfight.

A kind of fungus. See Puffball.

Alt. of Bullfighting

A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain.

A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.

Alt. of Bullfice

Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies.

A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.

The golden plover.