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Ruffler :: Ruffler (n.) One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.

Graze :: Graze (v. t.) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall..

Prime :: Prime (v. i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler..

Olf :: Olf (n.) The European bullfinch.

Stinger :: Stingbull (n.) The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever..

Maverick :: Maverick (n.) In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting..

Effervescency :: Effervescency (n.) A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup..

Bullish :: Bullish (a.) Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air..

Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.

Slug :: Slug (v. i.) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm..

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

Lead :: Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide..

Bullae :: Bullae (pl. ) of Bull.

Bully :: Bully (v. i.) To act as a bully.

Pompholyx :: Pompholyx (n.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullae, without inflammation or fever..

Bullheaded :: Bullheaded (a.) Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.

Thickbill :: Thickbill (n.) The bullfinch.

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