BUNTING

bunting

(noun) any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

bunting

(noun) a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Bunting

A surname.

Etymology 1

Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.

Flags considered as a group.

Etymology 2

Noun

bunting (plural buntings)

Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

Etymology 3

Noun

bunting (plural buntings)

A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

Etymology 4

Verb

bunting

present participle of bunt

Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

A pushing action.

A strong timber; a stout prop.

(obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.

Source: Wiktionary

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Bun"ting, n. Etym: [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ).

Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana); the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Poöcætes or Pooecetes gramineus); the black- throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting.

Bun"ting, Bun"tine, n. Etym: [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.]

Definition: A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

BUNT

Bunt, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

Bunt, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.)

Definition: The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten.

Bunt, v. i. (Naut.)

Definition: To swell out; as, the sail bunts.

Bunt, v. t. & i.

Definition: To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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