Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BUN, n.

A kind of cake.

BUNCH, n. [W. pwng; Dan. bunke, bynke, a heap or heaped measure.]

1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; as, the bunch on a camel's back. – Isaiah.
2. A cluster; a number of the same kind growing together; as, a bunch of grapes. – Dryden.
3. A number of things tied together; as, a bunch of keys; a bunch of rods. – Locke.
4. A collection of things; a knot; as, a bunch of hair; a bunch of trees. – Spenser.

BUNCH, v.i.

To swell out in a protuberance; to be protuberant or round. – Woodward.

BUNCH, v.t.

To form or tie in a bunch or bunches.

BUNCH'-BACK-ED, a. [bunch and back.]

Having a bunch on the back; crooked. – Shak.

BUNCH'I-NESS, n.

The quality of being bunchy, or growing in bunches. – Johnson.

BUNCH'Y, a.

Growing in bunches; like a bunch; having tufts. – Grew.

BUN'DLE, n. [Sax. byndel; D. bondel; G. bund, bundel; Sw. bindel and bunt. This word is formed from the root of bind, band, bond.]

1. A number of things put together.
2. A roll; any thing bound or rolled into a convenient form for conveyance; as, a bundle of lace; a bundle of hay. – Spectator.

BUN'DLE, v.t.

To tie or bind in a bundle or roll; often followed by up; as to bundle up clothes. – Locke. Swift.

BUNG, n. [Fr. bondon; G. spund; D. sponds; W. bwng, a bung-hole.]

1. The stopple of the orifice in the bilge of a cask. – Mortimer.
2. The hole or orifice in the bilge of a cask.

BUNG, v.t.

To stop the orifice in the bilge of a cask with a bung; to close up.

BUNG'A-LOW, n.

In Bengal, a country house or cottage, erected by Europeans, and constructed of wood, bamboo mats, and thatch. – Malcom.

BUNG'-DRAW-ER, n.

A wooden mallet, of a peculiar form, for taking the bung out of a cask. [Local.]

BUNG'-HOLE, n. [bung and hole.]

The hole or orifice in the bilge of a cask.

BUNG'LE, n.

A botch; inaccuracy; gross blunder; clumsy performance. – Ray.

BUNG'LE, v.i. [bung'gl.]

To perform in a clumsy, awkward manner; as, to bungle in making shoes. – Dryden.

BUNG'LE, v.t.

To make or mend clumsily; to botch; to manage awkwardly; with up. – Dryden.

BUNG'LER, n.

A clumsy awkward workman; one who performs without skill. – Peacham.

BUNG'LING, a.

Clumsy; awkwardly done. – Dryden.

BUNG'LING, ppr.

Performing awkwardly.

BUNG'LING-LY, adv.

Clumsily; awkwardly. – Bentley.

BUN'ION, n.

A corn on a toe.

BUNK, n. [Dan. bynke, a meal-tub; Sw. miolk-bunck, a milk-pan.]

A case or cabin of boards for a bed; a word used in some parts of America.

BUNN, or BUN, n. [Scot. bun, bunn; Ir. bunna; Gr. βουνος, a hill, and a cake offered to deities. It signifies a mass or collection.]

A small cake, or a kind of sweet bread. – Gay.

BUN'SING, n.

An animal found at the Cape of Good Hope, resembling the ferret, but twice as large. When pursued, it emits an intolerable stench. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.