Chapter Buff to Bullet of B by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Bull-dogs in University slang, are the two myrmidons of the proctor, who attend his heels like dogs, and are ready to spring on any offending undergraduate like bull-dogs. (See Myrmidons .)

Bull-necked The Bull-necked Forger. Cagliostro, the huge impostor, was so called. (1743-1795.)

Bull-ring (See Mayor Of the Bullring .)

Bull's Eye A small cloud suddenly appearing, seemingly in violent motion, and growing out of itself. It soon covers the entire vault of heaven, producing a tumult of wind and rain. (1 Kings xviii. 44.)    Bull's Eye. The inner disc of a target.

“A little way from the centre there is a spot where the shots are thickly gathered; some few have hit the bull's-eye.”- Fiske: Excursions, etc., chap. vi. p. 178.

   To make a bull's eye. To gain some signal advantage; a successful coup. To fire or shoot an arrow right into the centre disc of the target.

Bulls in Stock Exchange phraseology, means those dealers who “bull,” or try to raise the price of stock, with the view of effecting sales. A bull-account is a speculation made under the hope that the stock purchased will rise before the day of settlement. (See Bear .)

Bullet Every bullet has its billet. Nothing happens by chance, and no act is altogether without some effect. “There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them as we will.” Another meaning is this: an arrow or bullet is not discharged at random, but at some mark or for some deliberate purpose.

“Let the arrow fly that has a mark.”- Caesar borgia chap. xx.