Bulletin

[Fr., from boule, because votes were given by means of balls.] Originally, a slip of paper on which a vote is given by writing. In diplomatics, a term equivalent to schedule, and variously applied to different public acts. In the modern sense, it is used to specify a report of a state of facts i ued by authority; as, but letins of health; bulletins of military operations, . -Any public announcement of late news. -A work published periodically, to record the proceedings of a learned society, . Bulletin-board, n . A board in a news-room, , whereon are posted the notices of latest intelligence. Bullet-proof, a . Made to resist the impact of a bullet. Bul'let-tree, or Bully-tree, n . ( Bot . ) A tree much esteemed for its timber, which is hard and durable. It yields a delicious fruit about the size of a cherry. A IMG:content-0804.png:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small] IMG:content-0805.png:[graphic] native of Guiana, it is supposed to belong to the genus Mimusops , order Sapotacea . Bull-faced, a . Having a large face. Bull-feast, n. ( Sports .) See BULL-FIGHT. Bull'fice, BULL-FISH, n. ( Bot .) See FROG'S-CHEESE. Bull'-fight, n. ( Sport .) A combat with a bull, wherein a man is the animal's antagonist. B. are a very ancient and barbarous kind of amusement, and were common in Greece several centuries before the Christian æra. In Rome, under the emperors, they were also common, and afterwards they became popular in many of the other countries of Europe. At present Spain is the only Eu- rope an country where they are still held. In Madrid, and all the larger towns of Spain, bull-fights are fre- quent. In the capital, the season lasts from April to November, during which time these contests take place at least once a weck. The combats are held in a large amphitheatre called the Plaza de Toros ("place of the bulls"), open at the top, and with seats rising one above another round the circle, and capable of accommodating from 10,000 to 12,000 spectators. The arena is divided into an outer and an inner circle, separated from each other by a strong fence, the latter (or arena ) being the place where the combats take place; the former affording shelter to the men on foot, when hard pre ed by the bull, in order to effect which there are a series of open- ings in the fence just large enough to allow a man to pa through. The actors on the arena are the bull, ure, his work); minister to Tuscany, and, lastly, 1859-1 the diplomatic service, he was raised to the peerage in protuberant or round. bunch flowers. 1871. Lord Dalling has written The Monarchy of the -v. a. To form or fasten in a bunch or bunches; as, to Middle Cla es; France, Social and Literary ; and edited Memoirs of Lord Palmers ton (1870). D. 1873. Bunch'-backed, a . Having bunches on the back; crook-backed. To help thee curse this pois'nous bunch back'd toad."-Shaks. Bunch'ine , n. The quality of being bunchy, or growing in bunches. Bunch'y, a . Growing in bunches; having tufts; as, "а bunchy tail." Grow. - Swelling out in ma es or protu- be rances; as, bunchy joints. times poor, is said to be bunchy. Bun'combe, in Iowa , a N.W. county, touching Minnesota, with an area of abt. 800 sq. m. The Sioux River forms its W. boundary, and it is drained by Inyan Reakah River and other streams.