Bunting

bunt'ing, n. a thin woollen stuff of which ships’ colours are made a kind of bird [Ety. dub Buoy, bwoi, n a floating cask or light piece of wood fastened by a rope or chain to indicate shoals, the position of a ship’s anchor, . v.t. to fix buoys or marks to keep afloat, bear up, or sustain. [Dut. boei buoy, fetter, through Romance forms (Norman, bote), from O. L. bout, a collar of leather— L bos, ox.] Buoyancy, bwoi'an-si, n capacity for floating lightly on water or in the air specific lightne [Jig.) lightne of spim, cheerfulne .