A case or cabin of boards for a bed; a word used in some parts of America.
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1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.
To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in.
1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.
2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
Bunker hill
Encyclopedia Britannica
BUNKER HILL, a small elevation, 110 feet high, in the town of Charlestown, 1 mile N. of Boston, in Massachusetts. One of the most celebrated battles in the war of American independence was fought here on the -17th of June 1775. The British remained masters of the field after a long and bloody contest. A commemorative obelisk, 221 feet high, has been erected in the centre of the grounds included within the redoubt on Breed’s Hill. See Boston, vol. iv. p. 72.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4, p. 521
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1. Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show.
2. See Buncombe.
Support Roget’s Thesaurus §215
N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d’appui, ποῦ στῶ, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment|, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, french bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, atlas, persides, atlantes, caryatides, hercules
V. be supported &c, lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c, have at one's back, bestride, bestraddle, support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder, hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up, uphold, upbear, prop, under prop, under pin, under set, riprap, bandage, give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations, bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed, maintain, keep on foot, aid
Adj. supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous
Adv. astride on, straddle
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