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A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
of Bulwark
of Bulwark
To make murmuring or humming sound.
The buttock.
A humming noise.
See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.
See Bombard.
See Bumboat.
See Bombast.
A glass used in subliming camphor.
of Bumbelo
The bittern.
To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.
A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.