Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.

Buy
(Buy), v. i. To negotiate or treat about a purchase.

I will buy with you, sell with you.
Shak.

Buyer
(Buy"er) n. One who buys; a purchaser.

Buz
(Buz) v. & n. See Buzz. [Obs.]

Buzz
(Buzz) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Buzzed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Buzzing.] [An onomatopœia.] To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him.
Longfellow.

However these disturbers of our peace
Buzz in the people's ears.
Shak.

Buzz
(Buzz), v. t.

1. To sound forth by buzzing. Shak.

2. To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.

I will buzz abroad such prophecies
That Edward shall be fearful of his life.
Shak.

3. To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. [Colloq.]

4. (Phonetics) To sound with a "buzz". H. Sweet.

Buzz
(Buzz), n.

1. A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation. "The constant buzz of a fly." Macaulay.

I found the whole room in a buzz of politics.
Addison.

There is a buzz all around regarding the sermon.
Thackeray.

2. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.

There's a certain buzz
Of a stolen marriage.
Massinger.

3. (Phonetics) The audible friction of voice consonants. H. Sweet.

Buzzard
(Buz"zard) n. [O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.]

1. (Zoöl.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.

The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are B. borealis, B. Pennsylvanicus, and B. lineatus) are usually called hen hawks. — The rough- legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe (Pernis apivorus) feeds on bees and their larvæ, with other insects, and reptiles. — The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus æruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion buzzard.


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