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Rh bulek [bulək, bolək],, a bump; small swelling or boil; sty, a b. on de ee [‘eye’]; blister; blain; vesicle, a watery b. on de skin, =. bóla,, bump; semi-globular swelling; “bola” also = bubble; vesicle.

buli [bull],, healthy; vigorous; robust, a b. lad. bulig, bulug, bulleg,, having a large trunk; corpulent; vigorous and well-grown.

buling,, see ,

bulk [bu‘lk, bo‘lk],, bump; knot; small hump; in a restricted sense, of breast; bosom; to geng wi’ de bare b., to go bare-breasted; put it in dy b.! put it in your bosom! — “under de b.”, in the armpit under the jersey, to bear [‘carry’] onyting under de b.   [bȯ‘ᶅki, bȯi‘lki] =  in the “under de, under ane’s b.” bulk,,  bulki, , bulk,, bump; knot. might also be a mutated form *bylki. , and ,

bulki [bu‘lki],, a humpback. of ,

for train-oil, = 4 ; see $n$, “4 canis makis ane bull and 9 bullis makis ane barrell oyllie” (Rental of Yetland, 1628; see G.G., Ant. p. 178). bolli,, a bowl; vessel, as a measure: 4 “justur".
 * bull, *bulle,, measure for fluids,

bull [bul],, 1) of tide: to bubble; run rapidly; he’s , a- . 2) of fish: to play on the surface of the water; bulla,, to bubble; whirl; well up; stream forth; bulla,, to boil up.

bulled,, see.

bult,, see ,

bult [bo‘lt],, to push; of animals: to butt; a  ox, coo or ram. bulta,, to knock; beat.

buman, bu-man [būman]., [sic], a brownie.  Also  [bōman] . “*bú-(maðr)” from bú,, dwelling; household; farm.

bummel [boməl], bommel [bȯməl], bumbel [bombel], bombel [bȯmbəl], , 1) bubbling; seething; bubbling sound. 2) tumbling; splashing. 3) a splash; splashing sound, of a large stone falling or flung into the water; a b. o’ de ayre [‘oar’], a splash of an oar . 4) a b. i’ de sea, agitation in the sea.

bummel [boməl], bommel [bȯməl], bumbel [bombəl], bombel [bȯmbəl], , 1) to bubble; seethe; boil up; de kettle, is . 2) to tumble about; splash, to b. trough [‘through’] de water (of one not very good at swimming; : ). 3) to tumble; he or atill a hole, he tumbled into a hole . 4) to stutter and stammer; to speak carelessly, making many mistakes in pronunciation or in the construction of a sentence. — bumla,, to splash; dabble; bumla (bumbla), bum(b)lä, , to give an (hollow) echo.

bummer [bomər],, 1) object or living being of unusual size; 2) something particularly good and durable, also of living beings; used promiscuously as a laudatory term: shø (‘she’: de boat, de woman, ) is a b.;. — [bōman] = 2.   bumba, , a bloated female, with 1, further: bommerutte, bomaråtta,, a big, bloated woman.  bommad, , sleek (of fat cattle) with 2.

bummi,, see.

bun [būn],, see.

bund [bund, bo$2$nd] and bundsman [bun(d)sman, bo$n$n(d)s-], bond [bɔnd, bånd] and bondsman [bɔn(d)sman, bån(d)s-],, 1) capable