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–noun
1.the male of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
2.the male of certain other animals, as the elephant and moose.
3.a large, solidly built person.
4.a person who believes that market prices, esp. of stocks, will increase (opposed to bear).
5.(initial capital letter) Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Taurus.
6.a bulldog.
7.Slang. a police officer.
–adjective
8.male.
9.of, pertaining to, or resembling a bull, as in strength.
10.having to do with or marked by a continuous trend of rising prices, as of stocks: a bull market.
–verb (used with object)
11.Stock Exchange. to attempt to raise the price of.
12.to speculate in, in expectation of a rise in price.
13.to force; shove: to bull one's way through a crowd.
14.Nautical. to ram (a buoy).
15.bull in a china shop,
a.an awkward or clumsy person.
b.an inconsiderate or tactless person.
c.a troublemaker; dangerous person.
16.take the bull by the horns, to attack a difficult or risky problem fearlessly.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME bule, OE bula; akin to ON boli; see bullock]

bull-like, adjective
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–noun
1.a bulla or seal.
2.Roman Catholic Church. a formal papal document having a bulla attached.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME bulle < AF < ML bulla seal, sealed document; see bulla]
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–noun Slang.
1.exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
2.shoot the bull, to talk aimlessly: We just sat around shooting the bull.

[Origin: 1620–30; < ML bulla play, game, jest, perh. special use of L bulla bubble; now generally taken as a euphemistic shortening of bullshit]
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John. John Bull.
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O·le (Bor·ne·mann)    Audio Help   [oh-luh bor-nuh-mahn] Pronunciation Key, 1810–80, Norwegian violinist and composer.
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William Frederick (“Bull”), 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.
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bull 1    Audio Help   (bŏŏl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An adult male bovine mammal.
    2. The uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.
    3. The male of certain other large animals, such as the alligator, elephant, or moose.
    4. An optimist, especially regarding business conditions.
    5. A person who buys commodities or securities in anticipation of a rise in prices or who tries by speculative purchases to effect such a rise.
    6. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
    7. Insolent talk or behavior.
  1. An exceptionally large, strong, and aggressive person.
    1. An optimist, especially regarding business conditions.
    2. A person who buys commodities or securities in anticipation of a rise in prices or who tries by speculative purchases to effect such a rise.
    3. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
    4. Insolent talk or behavior.
  2. Slang A police officer or detective.
  3. Slang
    1. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
    2. Insolent talk or behavior.

v.   bulled, bull·ing, bulls

v.   tr.
To push; force.

v.   intr.
To push ahead or through forcefully: "He bulls through the press horde that encircles the car" (Scott Turow).

adj.  
  1. Male.
  2. Large and strong like a bull.
  3. Characterized by rising prices: a bull market.


[Middle English bule, from Old English bula, probably from Old Norse boli; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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n.  
  1. An official document issued by the pope and sealed with a bulla.
  2. The bulla used to seal such a document.


[Middle English bulle, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bulla; see bulla.]

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bull 3    Audio Help   (bŏŏl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A gross blunder in logical speech or expression.


[Origin unknown.]

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n.   See Taurus.

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Bull    Audio Help   (bōōl, bŏŏl)  Pronunciation Key 
Norwegian violinist who toured extensively through the United States and attempted to found a Norwegian colony in Pennsylvania (1852).

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Tau·rus    Audio Help   (tôr'əs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   In all senses also called Bull.
  1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Orion and Aries.
    1. The second sign of the zodiac.
    2. One who is born under this sign.


[Middle English, from Latin, bull, the constellation Taurus; see tauro- in Indo-European roots.]

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bull  (1)
O.E. bula "a steer," or O.N. boli "bull," both from P.Gmc. *bullon- (cf. M.Du. bulle, Ger. Bulle), perhaps from a Gmc. verbal stem meaning "to roar," which survives is some Ger. dialects and perhaps in the first element of boulder (q.v.). The other possibility is that it is from PIE *bhel- "to inflate, swell" (the source also of the Gk. word for "whale;" see bole). An uncastrated male, reared for breeding, as opposed to a bullock or steer. Extended after 1615 to males of other large animals (elephant, alligator, whale, etc.). Stock market sense is from 1714. Bulldog is from 1500, perhaps from shape, perhaps originally used for baiting bulls; bullfrog is from 1738, on resemblance of voice. Bulldyke is from 1926 (see dyke). Bull's eye "center of a target" is from 1833. Bullpen in the baseball sense is first recorded 1915, perhaps from earlier slang meaning "temporary holding cell for prisoners" (1809). Phrase to take the bull by the horns first recorded 1711.

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bull  (2)
"papal edict," 1297, from L. bulla "sealed document," originally the word for the seal itself, from bulla "round thing, knob," said to be ult. from Gaulish, from PIE *bul- (cf. Lith. bule "buttocks," M.Du. puyl "bag").

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bull

noun
1. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle 
2. a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" 
3. obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" [syn: bullshit
4. a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" 
5. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman 
6. an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later [ant: bear
7. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus [syn: Taurus
8. the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus
9. the center of a target [syn: bull's eye
10. a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) 
11. mature male of various mammals of which the female is called 'cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle 

verb
1. push or force; "He bulled through his demands" 
2. try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying 
3. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: talk through one's hat
4. advance in price; "stocks were bulling" 

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bull

In addition to the idioms beginning with bull, also see cock and bull story; hit the bull's-eye; shoot the breeze (bull); take the bull by the horns.


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bull1 [bul] noun
the male of the ox family and of the whale, walrus, elephant etc
Arabic: ثَوْر، ذَكَرُ الفيل, * الحوت
Chinese (Simplified): 公牛
Chinese (Traditional): 公牛
Czech: býk
Danish: tyr; han
Dutch: stier, bul
Estonian: pull, sõnn, isane
Finnish: sonni, härkä, koiras
French: mâle
German: der Bulle
Greek: ταύρος, αρσενικό ορισμένων μεγαλόσωμων ζώων
Hungarian: bika
Indonesian: lembu jantan
Italian: maschio (dei grandi mammiferi)*; toro
Japanese: 雄牛
Korean: 수컷
Latvian: bullis; (ziloņu, vaļu) tēviņš
Lithuanian: bulius, stambių gyvūnų patinas
Norwegian: okse; hann (om hval osv.)
Polish: byk
Portuguese (Brazil): touro
Portuguese (Portugal): touro
Romanian: taur
Russian: самец (крупного животного)
Slovak: býk
Slovenian: samec
Spanish: toro
Swedish: tjur
Turkish: boğa; erkek…
bull2 [bul] noun
a bull's-eye
Arabic: نُقْطَةُ الهَدف، مَرْكِزُ التَّصويب
Chinese (Simplified): 靶的中心
Chinese (Traditional): 靶的中心
Czech: střed terče
Danish: centrum; plet; lige i øjet; fuldtræffer
Dutch: roos
Estonian: tabamiskese, märklaua kese
Finnish: häränsilmä, napakymppi
French: centre d'une cible
German: das Bullauge
Greek: κέντρο του στόχου, διάνα
Hungarian: célfekete
Indonesian: sasaran
Italian: centro del bersaglio*
Japanese: 的の中心点
Korean: 과녁 한복판의 흑점
Latvian: mērķa centrs (šautriņu mešanā u.tml.)
Lithuanian: taikinio centras
Norwegian: blink
Polish: `dziesiątka`
Portuguese (Brazil): mosca (do alvo)
Portuguese (Portugal): mosca
Romanian: ţintă
Russian: центр мишени, яблочко
Slovak: stred terča
Slovenian: središče tarče
Spanish: diana
Swedish: skott- el. piltavlas centrum, mitt i prick, fönsterventil
Turkish: hedefin ortası
See also: bull's-eye, bullfight, bullock, bullring

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Bull

An investor who thinks the market, a specific security or an industry will rise.

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Bulls are optimistic investors who are presently predicting good things for the market, and are attempting to profit from this upward movement. For example if you are bullish on the S&P 500 you will attempt to profit from a rise in the index by going long on it. Bulls are are the exact opposite of the market's bears, who are pessimistic and believe that a particular security, commodity or entity will suffer a decline in price.

Bullishness does not necessarily apply only to the stock market you could for example be bullish on just about anything, including commodities like soy beans, crude oil or even peanuts.

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See also: Bear, Bear Market, Bull, Bull Market, Commodity, Long, S&P 500

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An investor who believes the price of a particular security or security prices in general will follow a broad upward trend. An investor can often be a bull on a specific security but not on the general market, and vice versa. Compare bear.

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Bull Information Systems

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Bull Shoals, AR (city, FIPS 9790) Location: 36.37604 N, 92.58841 W
Population (1990): 1534 (906 housing units)
Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72619

Bull Run, VA (CDP, FIPS 11230) Location: 38.78363 N, 77.52070 W
Population (1990): 5525 (2878 housing units)
Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Bull Valley, IL (village, FIPS 9531) Location: 42.31138 N, 88.34991 W
Population (1990): 574 (208 housing units)
Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Bel"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bellowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellowing.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. Bell, n. & v., Bawl, Bull.]

1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.

2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden.

3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.

The bellowing voice of boiling seas. --Dryden.
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Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. Bull papal edict, Billet a paper.]

1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]

Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.

She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.

5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.

6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc.

Bill of adventure. See under Adventure.

Bill of costs, a statement of the items which form the total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.

Bill of credit. (a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the State, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall "emit bills of credit." --U. S. Const. --Peters. --Wharton. --Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money.

Bill of divorce, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.

Bill of entry, a written account of goods entered at the customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.

Bill of exceptions. See under Exception.

Bill of exchange (Com.), a written order or request from one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay to some person designated a certain sum of money therein generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable to order or to bearer. So also the order generally expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be paid is called the payee. The person making the order may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See Exchange. --Chitty.

Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.

Bill of health, a certificate from the proper authorities as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time of her leaving port.

Bill of indictment, a written accusation lawfully presented to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A true bill," otherwise they write upon it "Not a true bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored."

Bill of lading, a written account of goods shipped by any person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and promising to deliver them safe at the place directed, dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and one is sent to the consignee of the goods.

Bill of mortality, an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district required to be covered by such statement; as, a place within the bills of mortality of London.

Bill of pains and penalties, a special act of a legislature which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings. --Bouvier. --Wharton.

Bill of parcels, an account given by the seller to the buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of each.

Bill of particulars (Law), a detailed statement of the items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the defendant's set-off.

Bill of rights, a summary of rights and privileges claimed by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the several States.

Bill of sale, a formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels.

Bill of sight, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination.

Bill of store, a license granted at the customhouse to merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.

Bills payable (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.

Bills receivable (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.

A true bill, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand jury.
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Bull

Blun"der\, n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.]

2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance.

Syn: Blunder, Error, Mistake, Bull.

Usage: An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas.
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Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr. & vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.]

1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.

2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii. 31.

3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.

4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.

Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath. --Surrey.

5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.

To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat.

To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.
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Bowl\ (b[=o]l), n. [F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud. Cf. Bull an edict, Bill a writing.]

1. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. --Sir W. Scott.

3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.]
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Brief\ (br[=e]f), n. [See Brief, a., and cf. Breve.]

1. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.

Bear this sealed brief, With winged hastle, to the lord marshal. --Shak.

And she told me In a sweet, verbal brief. --Shak.

2. An epitome.

Each woman is a brief of womankind. --Overbury.

3. (Law) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.

It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. --Sir J. Stephen.

Note: In England, the brief is prepared by the attorney; in the United States, counsel generally make up their own briefs.

4. (Law) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.

5. (Scots Law) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.

6. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. [Eng.]

Apostolical brief, a letter of the pope written on fine parchment in modern characters, subscribed by the secretary of briefs, dated "a die Nativitatis," i. e., "from the day of the Nativity," and sealed with the ring of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its parchment, written character, date, and seal. See Bull.

Brief of title, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds and other papers constituting the chain of title to any real estate.

In brief, in a few words; in short; briefly. "Open the matter in brief." --Shak.
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Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr. the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovid[ae]); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope.

2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. --Ps. xxii. 12.

3. (Astron.) (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. --Thomson.

4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.

Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.

John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." --W. D.Howells.

To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.
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Bull\, a. Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.

Bull bat (Zo["o]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening.

Bull calf. (a) A stupid fellow.

Bull mackerel (Zo["o]l.), the chub mackerel.

Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.

Bull snake (Zo["o]l.), the pine snake of the United States.

Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag.

Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.
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Bull\, v. i. To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]
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Bull\, v. t. (Stock Exchange) 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.
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Bull\, v. t. (Stock Exchange) 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.
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Bull\, n. [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob, LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. Bull a writing, Bowl a ball, Boil, v. i.]

1. A seal. See Bulla.

2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.

A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses. --Atterbury.

3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.

And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic. --Milton.

The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from its golden seal.

Syn: See Blunder.
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Bull\, n. [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob, LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. Bull a writing, Bowl a ball, Boil, v. i.]

1. A seal. See Bulla.

2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.

A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses. --Atterbury.

3. A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.

And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic. --Milton.

The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from its golden seal.

Syn: See Blunder.
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Bul"la\, n.; pl. Bull[ae]. [L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.]

1. (Med.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

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

3. A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.

4. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
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Bul*lan"tic\, a. [See Bull an edict.] Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. --Fry.

Bullantic letters, Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
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Bul"la*ry\, n. [LL. bullarium: cf. F. bullairie. See Bull an edict.] A collection of papal bulls.
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Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.]

1. A small ball.

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

3. A cannon ball. [Obs.]

A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. --Stow.

4. The fetlock of a horse.

Note: [See Illust. under Horse.]
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Bul"le*tin\, n. [F. bulletin, fr. It. bullettino, dim. of bulletta, dim. of bulla, bolla, an edict of the pope, from L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.]

1. 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.

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

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

Bulletin board, a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.
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Bul"lion\ (b[.u]l"y[u^]n), n. [Cf. OE. bullyon a hook used for fastening the dress, a button, stud, an embossed ornament of various kinds, e. g., on the cover of a book, on bridles or poitrels, for purses, for breeches and doublets, LL. bullio the swelling of boiling water, a mass of gold or silver, fr. L. bulla boss, stud, bubble (see Bull an edict), or perh. corrupted fr. F. billon base coin, LL. billio bullion. Cf. Billon, Billet a stick.]

1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.

Note: Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate. The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin.

2. Base or uncurrent coin. [Obs.]

And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, And damm for bullion, go for current now. --Sylvester.

3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [Obs.]

The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. --Skelton.

4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
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Bull"ist\, n. [F. bulliste. See Bull an edict.] A writer or drawer up of papal bulls. [R.] --Harmar.
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Bul"lock\, n. [AS. bulluc a young bull. See Bull.]

1. A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.

Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old. --Judges vi. 25.

2. An ox, steer, or stag.
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Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]

1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.

2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.

3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.

Golden age. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature.

Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards.

Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.

Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.

Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Orontium aquaticum), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers.

Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.

Golden eagle (Zo["o]l.), a large and powerful eagle (Aquila Chrysa["e]tos) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is the ring-tailed eagle.

Golden fleece. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or.

Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]

Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.

Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century.

Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled.

Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]

Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation.

Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.

Golden mole (Zo["o]l), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold.

Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold.

Golden oriole. (Zo["o]l.) See Oriole.

Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.

Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.

Golden plover (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European (C. apricarius, or pluvialis; -- called also yellow, black-breasted, hill, & whistling, plover. The common American species (C. dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead.

Golden robin. (Zo["o]l.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.

Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See.

Golden rule. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. --Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.

Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant (Inula crithmoides), found on the seashore of Europe.

Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet places in early spring.

Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb (Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves.

Golden sulphide, or sulphuret, of antimony (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder.

Golden warbler (Zo["o]l.), a common American wood warbler (Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also blue-eyed yellow warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.

Golden wasp (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden, blue, and green.

Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
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