buntn.1
/bʌnt/, U.S. /bənt/ Chiefly Nautical.
gen. A swelling, a pouch- or bag-shaped part of a net, sail, etc.
1. The cavity or bagging part of a fishing-net; also of a napkin or the like when folded or tied so as to form a bag; the funnel or bottom of an eel-trap.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > formed from napkin
bunt1602
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > bag at end of net
cod1485
bunt1602
hole1630
hose1630
purse1821
cod end1855
pocket1869
pit1883
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 The Weare is a frith..hauing in it, a bunt or cod.
a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 269 That the whey may run..through the bunt of the Napkin.
1861 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands II. 73 The sean for Mackarel is..nine fathoms in depth at the middle or bunt.
1880 Harper's Mag. May 852 As the bunt of the seine nears the shore, silence prevails.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 367 Apparatus..to be fixed at the end of the bunt of an Eel Trap.
2.
a. ‘The middle part of a sail, formed designedly into a bag or cavity, that the sail may gather more wind. In “handed” or “furled” sails, the bunt is the middle gathering which is tossed up on the centre of the yard’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > middle part of sail
buntc1582
c1582 Cotton MS. App. xlvii. (Halliw.) Flying fyshes to break ther noses agaynst the bunt of the sayle.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bourser,..to bunt, or leaue a bunt in a sayle.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 Bunt lines is..a small rope..to trice or draw vp the Bunt of the saile, when you farthell or make it vp.
1678–96 E. Phillips New World of Words Bunt, the hollowness which is allowed in making of Sails.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Bunt, (Sea-term) the Bag, Pouch, or middle Part of a Sail, which serves to catch and keep the wind; as The Bunt holds much Leeward Wind, i.e. the Bunt hangs too much to the Leeward.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 86 Bunt, the middle-part of the foot of square sails, and the foremost leech of staysails cut with a nock.
1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance ii. 31 The bunt of the top-gallant sail.
b. The middle part of a yard: the slings.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > middle part of
sling1689
bunt1882
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 10 Slings or Bunt, the middle of a yard where the rigging is placed.
Compounds
C1. bunt-gasket, bunt-whip. Also buntline n.
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1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 46 The sail loosers..overhaul the buntlines and bunt whip.
C2.
bunt fair adv. ‘Before the wind’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > before the wind
betwixt a pair of sheets1627
bunt fair1653
both sheets aft1769
off the (a) wind1813
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. i. 4 Spooming with a full saile, bunt faire before the winde.
bunt-jigger n. ‘a small gun-tackle purchase..used in large vessels for bowsing up the bunt of a sail when furling’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > consisting of two single blocks > small, for furling sail
bunt-jigger1860
1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 18 Bunt lines, bow~lines, and bunt jiggers.
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buntn.2
/bʌnt/, U.S. /bənt/ Botany.† 1. The Puffball ( Lycoperdon bovista). Now dialect.
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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball
wolf's-fista1300
puckfistc1300
puff1538
earth-puff1585
foist1593
fist1597
fuzz-ball1597
puff-fist1597
bunt1601
fuzz1601
bullfist1611
mully-puff1629
fist-ball1635
puffball1649
puck-ball1730
puffin1755
lycoperdon1756
frog cheese1766
puck1766
fuzzy-ballc1850
ball smut1925
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xl. 490 Tinder, made..of bunts and withered leaues.
1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) vii. sig. Q3 Smother them with Brimstone or Bunt, as you kil Bees.
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Bunt, Lycoperdon Bovista, Nhamp.
2. A parasitic fungoid, Tilletia caries, which attacks wheat, filling the grain with black fetid powder; also the disease caused by it.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases
red rot1798
bunt1800
heart rot1808
yellow rust1808
pepperbrand1842
black spot1847
take-all1865
anthracnose1877
coffee-leaf disease1877
white rot1879
bladder-brand1883
basal rot1896
whitehead1898
black root rot1901
chancre1903
black pod1904
bud-rot1906
frog-eye1906
wildfire1918
pasmo1926
blind-seed disease1939
sharp eyespot1943
the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > causing disease in plants
bunt1800
Sclerotium1813
Alternaria1834
oidium1836
Septoria1836
conk1851
Rhizopus1854
snow-mould1855
vine-mildew1855
vine-fungus1857
bramble-brand1867
Microsphaera1871
wood-fungus1876
sphacelia1879
blue mould1882
orange fungus1882
cluster-cup1883
hop-mildew1883
powdery mildew1886
cladosporium1887
shot-hole fungus1897
verdet1897
wound-fungus1897
fusarium1907
verticillium1916
rhynchosporium1918
coral-spot1923
blind-seed fungus1939
sclerotinia1950
1800 Ann. Reg. 1797 (Otridge ed.) Useful Projects 409/2 Wheat..very much injured by smut-balls or bunts.
1847 Berkeley in Jrnl. Hort. Soc. 2 108 The principal diseases of plants, such as rust, bunt, mildew, etc., are of vegetable origin.
1865 Carter's Gard. & Farmer's Vade-M. ii. 124 Bunt..results in a swollen discoloured seed..On the kernel being broken, it is found to be full of a black stinking powder.
1882 A. Carey Princ. Agric. xix. 164 Bunt, or Smut-ball, the most formidable disease, perhaps, to which wheat is subject.
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buntn.3
rare.
? A portion of the stem or rachis of corn.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > cereal plants or corn > stalk, stem, or part of stem
strawc1200
rissomc1450
shot-blade1629
reeda1722
bunt1775
1775 Rawlinson Specif. Patent 1099 A coarse try [sieve] to convey the bunts from the chaff and corn.
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buntn.4
? Obsolete.
An instrument for sifting meal.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle
riddereOE
riddlelOE
boultel1266
temse?1362
reeing-sieve1378
bolt-clothc1425
bolt-pokec1440
bulstarec1440
bigg-riddle1446
oat riddle1446
bolting-tunc1485
bolter1530
bolting-tub1530
bolting-pipe1534
bolting-poke1552
gingerbread temse?1562
bolting-hutch1598
reeving-sieve1613
hutch1619
temzer1696
ree1728
oat-ridder1743
harp1788
bunt1796
bolting-machine1808
sowens-say1825
slap-riddle1844
bolt1847
flour-bolt1874
purifier1884
flour-bolter1888
plansifter1905
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxvi. 287 Their dancing music..is not unlike that of a baker's bunt, when he separates the flour from the bran.
Compounds
bunt-mill n. a machine for cleaning corn.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > machine for cleaning grain
bunt-mill1796
bran-duster1850
dismembrator1877
smutter1887
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxix. 369 Separated from the chaff through a bunt-mill.
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buntn.5
/bʌnt/, U.S. /bənt/, Scottish English /bʌnt/ Scottish and dialect.
The tail of a hare or rabbit.
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1805 A. Scott Hare's Compl. in Poems 79 (Jam.) A strolling hound Had near hand catched me by the bunt.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Bunt, the tail of a rabbit.
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buntn.6
English regional (Sussex).
A medium quality of faggot. ‘There are three classes of fagots for household use in Sussex, 1. brish fagots or kiln fagots, 2. seconds, spray fagots, lordings, or bunts, 3. house-fagots (the best quality).’—Rev. W. D. Parish.
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1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. (advt.) Clearance Stock of Agricultural Drain Tiles, Pipes, Bricks, etc., and a quantity of Bunts, Faggots, Mare, Pony, and other stock.
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buntn.7
cant.
An extra profit or gain; something to the good. (See quot.)
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun]
earningeOE
issuea1325
lucrec1380
lucre of gainc1386
return1419
feracityc1420
revenue1427
vantagec1430
afframing1440
revenue1440
availc1449
proventc1451
provenuec1487
rent1513
fardel1523
chevisance1535
gains1546
commodity1577
proceed1578
increasal1601
benefit1606
endowment1615
gaininga1631
superlucration1683
profit1697
bunce1706
making1837
bunt1851
plunder1851
yield1877
recovery1931
earner1970
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 33/2 ‘Boys’ deputed to sell a man's goods for a certain sum, all over that amount being the boys' profit or ‘bunts’ [on p. 470 spelt bunse].
1881 Cheq. Career 270 In the stable..in livery-stables, there is a box into which all tips are placed. This is called ‘Bunt’.
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buntn.8
dialect.
1. The action of bunt v.2
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > a push
piltc1300
thrutchc1400
puta1450
dinga1500
push1613
hunch1630
budge1714
bunt1767
dunch1770
jow1790
thrust1823
poke-up1905
shtup1977
1767 Boston Gaz. 19 Jan. [The black ram] will sometimes come behind a great Weather..and give him a paultry Bunt at unawares.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) A bunt is described to me as a push with a knock in it, or a knock with a push in it.
2. Baseball. An act of stopping the ball with the bat without striking. Also bunt-hit. U.S.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit
skyscraper1842
single1851
grass trimmer1867
safe hit1867
roller1871
sacrifice1880
triple1880
two-bagger1880
sacrifice hit1881
pop-up1882
pop fly1884
fungo1887
bunt1889
safety1895
bunting1896
drive1896
hit and run1899
pinch hit1905
Texas leaguer1905
squeeze1908
hopper1914
scratch hit1917
squib1929
line-drive1931
nubber1937
lay-in1951
squeeze bunt1952
comebacker1954
moon shot1961
gapper1970
sacrifice fly1970
sacrifice bunt1974
1889 Chicago Tribune 8 Aug. 6/1 Connor got around on bases on balls given himself and Richardson, Ward's bunt toward third..and a wild pitch.
1896 R. G. Knowles & M. Morton Baseball 114 A bunt hit is a deliberate attempt on the part of the batsmen to hit a ball slowly within the infield so that it cannot be fielded by any fielder in time to retire the batsman.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 162/1 A batsman is put out..if he make three foul bunts (that is, attempts to block the ball with the bat).
1906 Spalding's Base Ball Guide 116 A ‘bunt’ hit is made when the batsman simply holds the bat up to meet the thrown ball, thereby allowing the ball to rebound from the bat to the ground.
1917 C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan ii. 169 Despaigne started out poorly enough, trickling a bunt to third.
1968 Washington Post 4 July c1/8 With Rich Reese looking for a bunt and charging in from first base, Azcue punched his game-winning hit into right field.
Compounds
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attributive. bunt-rush U.S., ‘in foot-ball, a rush made by all the attacking side at once’ (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).
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buntn.9
Aeronautics.
A manœuvre in aerobatics involving half an outside loop followed by a half roll.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > stunt > specific
loop1900
looping1914
barrel roll1917
falling leaf1917
renversement1918
vrille1918
slow roll1923
slow-rolling1923
aileron roll1924
flick roll1928
wing-over1928
lazy eight1930
bunt1932
aileron turn1942
victory roll1942
rollover1945
twinkle roll1962
rollback1978
1932 Techn. Rep. Aeronaut. Research Comm. 1930–31 I. 47 Load factors one half that of normal flight would be adequate to cover the manoeuvre known as the bunt.
1935 C. G. Burge Compl. Bk. Aviation 89/2 Like most aerobatic manoeuvres the bunt was first done by Pégoud.
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buntv.1
Nautical.
1. transitive. ‘To haul up the middle part of (a sail) in furling’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > draw up for furling
bunt1611
brail1625
to clew up1745
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bourser, to bunt, or leaue a bunt in a sayle.
1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 449 Haul'd up my courses, bunted my main sail.
2. intransitive. Of a sail: To swell, to belly.Not in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [verb (intransitive)] > swell or belly
bosoma1525
bunt1681
1681 [implied in: Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 3. 62 Without any bellying, bunting, or curvity in the superficies thereof. (at bunting n.2)].
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Bunt, to swell out, as the sail bunts out. [Also in mod. Dicts.]
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buntv.2
Chiefly dialect.
1. transitive and intransitive. To strike, knock, push, butt.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)]
swingc725
slayc825
knockc1000
platOE
swengea1225
swipa1225
kill?c1225
girdc1275
hitc1275
befta1300
anhitc1300
frapa1330
lushc1330
reddec1330
takec1330
popc1390
swapa1400
jod?14..
quella1425
suffetc1440
smith1451
nolpc1540
bedunch1567
percuss1575
noba1586
affrap1590
cuff?1611
doda1661
buffa1796
pug1802
nob1811
scud1814
bunt1825
belt1838
duntle1850
punt1886
plunk1888
potch1892
to stick one on1910
clunk1943
zonk1950
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)]
slay971
smitelOE
flatc1330
flap1362
acoupc1380
frapa1400
girda1400
hit?a1400
knocka1400
swap?a1400
wapa1400
castc1400
strike1509
befta1522
to throw about one1590
cuff1596
to let down1640
dunch1805
yark1818
bunt1867
1825 Wiltsh. Gloss. Bunt, to strike with the head, as a young animal pushes the udder of its dam.
1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 203 When the gusty shocks of broad~side pressure bunt upon the house.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Bunt, to rock a cradle with the foot; to push or butt.
2. Baseball. To stop (the ball) with the bat without swinging the latter. Also absol.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > types of hit
bunt1889
fungo1889
fly1893
sacrifice1905
triple1908
pinch-hit1911
homer1912
single1916
squeeze bunt1952
1889 [see bunted adj. at Derivatives].
1892 Courier-Jrnl. 2 Oct. 13/5 There is not a man in his team that can bunt.
1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch ii. 23 Doyle bunted and was safe, filling the bases.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 9 Apr. (This Week Mag.) 5/2 Don't wait till after a pitch is thrown to decide whether the batter will bunt or try for the hit-and-run.
Derivatives
ˈbunted adj.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > relating to batting
bunted1889
1889 Reach's Base Ball Guide 144 Bunted Ball.
ˈbunting n.2
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit
skyscraper1842
single1851
grass trimmer1867
safe hit1867
roller1871
sacrifice1880
triple1880
two-bagger1880
sacrifice hit1881
pop-up1882
pop fly1884
fungo1887
bunt1889
safety1895
bunting1896
drive1896
hit and run1899
pinch hit1905
Texas leaguer1905
squeeze1908
hopper1914
scratch hit1917
squib1929
line-drive1931
nubber1937
lay-in1951
squeeze bunt1952
comebacker1954
moon shot1961
gapper1970
sacrifice fly1970
sacrifice bunt1974
1896 Spalding's Base Ball Guide 77 The ‘bunting’ of the ball, so as to cause it to drop to the ground almost dead.
1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch xiii. 298 Once,..McGraw planned a bunting game against Overall.
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buntv.3
dialect.
transitive. To sift (meal).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [verb (transitive)] > clean grain > by sieve
temsec950
ridderOE
boltc1175
bunt1340
riddle1440
ree?1523
range1538
succernate1623
ravela1690
reeve1777
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 93 Ase þe ilke þet bonteþ þet mele, þet to-delþ þet flour uram þe bren.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 8/1 Bunting, sifting flour.
1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words 15 Bunt, to sift meal.
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