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One of the lines tied to the bottom of a square sail and used to haul it up to the yard when furling.
A navy signalman. The nickname derives from the "bunting" of which signal flags were once made. In the USN the terms used for a signalman are "Flag Wagger" or "Skivvy Waver".
Describes a fit of erratic or foolish behaviour. To behave briefly albeit very noticeably in the manner of a Spac.e.g. "My word Bunters having a blooming spac attack said Harry Wharton" from Billy Bunter and the Soggy Biscuit Game by R. Crompton. (ed: bearing in mind the entry for 'soggy biscuit' I think this title is highly dubious to say the least!)
Billy Bunter is London Cockney rhyming slang for a customer (punter).Billy Bunter is London Cockney rhyming slang for a train that shunts (shunter). Billy Bunter isBritish slang for a fat man or boy.
money, usually unexpected gain and extra to an agreed or predicted payment, typically not realised by the payer. Earlier English spelling was bunts or bunse, dating from the late 1700s or early 1800s (Cassells and Partridge). Origins are not certain. Bunts also used to refer to unwanted or unaccounted-for goods sold for a crafty gain by workers, and activity typically hidden from the business owner. Suggestions of origin include a supposed cockney rhyming slang shortening of bunsen burner (
Communications School, the birthplace of many "Bunting Tossers" and "Radio Ladies".
middle part of a fish seine with the smaller size mesh for “drying up†when the ‘arms†are hauled home; also describing the middle of a sail where the wind bulges it out (seamen terms)
The rectal opening; the anus.
Bessie Bunter is British slang for an overweight, fat, girl or woman.
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Alt. of Buntine
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The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.
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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.
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See 1st Bunt.
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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."
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A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).
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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.
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To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
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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.
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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.
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Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
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A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.
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The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.
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A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.
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The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.
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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.
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To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
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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.
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