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Bum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The buttocks; the part on which we sit.

Bum [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make a noise.

Bum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The buttock.

2. A humming noise.

Bum [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make murmuring or humming sound.

Bumbailiff [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In England, an under-bailiff; a subordinate civil officer, appointed to serve writs, and to make arrests and executions, and bound with sureties for a faithful discharge of his trust. [A vulgar word.]

Bumbailiff [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.

Bumbard Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bombard.

Bumbarge [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bumboat.

Bumbast Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bombast.

Bumbelo [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A glass used in subliming camphor.

Bumbeloes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bumble [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The bittern.

Bumble [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.

Bumblebee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.

Bumboat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small boat, for carrying provisions to a ship at a distance from shore.

Bumboat [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

Bumkin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A short boom projecting from each bow of a ship, to extend the clue of the foresail to windward.

2. A small out-rigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizen.

Bumkin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

Bummalo [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

Bummed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bummer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

Bummery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bottomery.

Bumming [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bump [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A swelling or protuberance.

2. A thump; a heavy blow.

Bump [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make a loud, heavy or hollow noise, as the bittern. It is also written boom.

Bump [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To strike as with or against any thing large or solid, as to bump the head against a wall; to thump.

Bump [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A thump; a heavy blow.

2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.

3. One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."

4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.

5. The noise made by the bittern.

Bump [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To come in violent contact with something; to thump.

2. To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.

Bump [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

Bumped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Bumper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over.

Bumper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.

3. That which bumps or causes a bump.

4. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.

Bumping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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