Definition of bunt

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Bunt (v. i.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts..

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Bunt :: Bunt (n.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard..
Ortolan :: Ortolan (n.) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting..
Chewink :: Chewink (n.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin..
Sparrow :: Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House..
Bunting :: Bunting (n.) Alt. of Buntin.
Bunting :: Bunting (n.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae)..
Painted :: Painted (a.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting..
Ringbird :: Ringbird (n.) The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.
Cirl Bunting :: Cirl bunting () A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).
Trias :: Trias (n.) The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper..
Bunter :: Bunter (n.) A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman..
Yellowhammer :: Yellowhammer (n.) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark..
Buntine :: Buntine (n.) A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals..
Buntline :: Buntline (n.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in..
Pepperbrand :: Pepperbrand (n.) See 1st Bunt.
Mark :: Mark (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called deeps..
Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight..
Bunt :: Bunt (n.) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand..
Bunt :: Bunt (v. t. & i.) To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy..
Water Sparrow :: Water sparrow () The reed bunting.
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