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
Bunting
A surname.
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.
bunting (plural buntings)
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
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.
bunting
present participle of bunt
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
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, 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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