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Bude|bjuːd|
[Attrib. use of the name of a place in Cornwall.]
Bude-burner, a gas-burner invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (who resided at Bude), consisting of several concentric argand rings. Bude-light, see quot. Bude sand, sand from Bude, used as a dressing for soil.
1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 157 Old spaded and burnt moors, dressed with 100 seams of bude sand. 1835Mech. Mag. XXIII. 80 The Bude Light is a name given by Mr. Gurney..to a new light..obtained by directing a stream of oxy-hydrogen gas on a quantity of pounded egg shells. 1875Ure Dict. Arts II. 559 The Bude burner consists of 2 or 3 concentric argand rings perforated. |