Bull :: Bull (n.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale..

Bull :: Bull (n.) One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action..

Bull :: Bull (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac..

Bull :: Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

Bull :: Bull (n.) 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 :: Bull (a.) Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.

Bull :: Bull (v. i.) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.

Bull :: Bull (v. t.) 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..

Bull :: Bull (v. i.) A seal. See Bulla.

Bull :: Bull (v. i.) 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..

Bull :: Bull (v. i.) 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..

Bull Brier :: Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier..

Bull Fly :: Bull fly (n.) Alt. of Bullfl.

Bull Terrier :: Bull terrier () A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

Bull Trout :: Bull trout () In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout..

Bull Trout :: Bull trout () Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.

Bull Trout :: Bull trout () The huso or salmon of the Danube.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A circular or oval opening for air or light.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull..

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) The center of a target.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small and thick old-fashioned watch.

Bull''s-nose :: Bull's-nose (n.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

Bull-necked :: Bull-necked (a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull.

Bulla :: Bulla (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid..

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

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