- 2. (Rare.) Struggle, contend, strive.
Buckle one’s self. Apply vigorously, set one’s self earnestly.
Buckler, n.
- 1. Shield, ægis.
- 2. Defence, protection, safeguard.
Bucolic, n. Eclogue, pastoral, idyl, pastoral poem.
Bucolic, Bucolical, a. Pastoral, rustic.
Bud, n. Germ, gem, bourgeon, sprout, shoot.
Bud, v. n. Sprout, shoot, push, bourgeon, germinate, vegetate, pullulate, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.
Budge, v. n. Stir, move, go, move the least, flinch.
Budget, n.
- 1. Bag (with its contents), pack, packet, parcel, package, bundle, roll.
- 2. Stock, store, batch, lot, set, assortment, collection.
- 3. Governmental estimate, fiscal estimate.
Buff, n. Buff-skin.
Buff, a.
- 1. Light yellow.
- 2. Made of buff or buff-skin.
Buffalo, n. [U. S.] Bison.
Buffer, n.
- 1. Buffing-apparatus, guard, concussion-guard.
- 2. Stupid lout, clown, dolt, duffer.