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BUNTINGS
Noun
buntings
plural of bunting
Source: Wiktionary
BUNTING
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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