*bub*

n. The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Strong malt liquor. [ Cant ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. 2d Bubby. ] A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Abbrev. from Bubble. ] To throw out in bubbles; to bubble. [ Obs. ] Sackville. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bubale. See Buffalo, n. ] (Zool.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Resembling a buffalo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bubaline antelope (Zool.), the bubale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of ruminants which in some classification systems is included in the genus Bos; the water buffaloes.
Syn. -- genus Bubalus, tribe Bubalus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. D. bobbel, Dan. boble, Sw. bubbla. Cf. Blob, n. ] 1. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow,
Like bubbles in a late disturbed stream. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aërated waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The globule of air in the spirit tube of a level. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then a soldier . . .
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A person deceived by an empty project; a gull. [ Obs. ] “Ganny's a cheat, and I'm a bubble.” Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bubbled p. pr. & vb. n. Bubbling ] [ Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See Bubble, n. ] 1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated; to contain bubbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

The milk that bubbled in the pail. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a bubbling stream. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

At mine ear
Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cheat; to deceive. [ 1913 Webster ]

She has bubbled him out of his youth. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great Locke, who was seldom outwitted by false sounds, was nevertheless bubbled here. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who cheats. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, subscribers, projectors, etc. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish of the Ohio river; -- so called from the noise it makes. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. giving off bubbles; -- of a liquid. [ Narrower terms: foaming, frothing; effervescent; boiling ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; -- of people.
Syn. -- effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly, vivacious. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

fld>(Zool.) The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding in bubbles; bubbling. Nash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. G. bübbi, or It. poppa, Pr. popa, OF. poupe, a woman's breast. ] A woman's breast. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of brother. ] Bub; -- a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Buboes [ LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. boubw`n. ] (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a bubo or buboes; characterized by buboes. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis), transmitted to man by the bite of fleas, themselves usually infected by biting infected rodents. It is characterized by the formation of buboes, most notably on the groin and armpits, and accompanied by weakness and high fever. The disease was known as the black death, and was responsible for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages. When lungs became infected, the disease was called the pneumonic plague. It is still found occasionally in poor areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed countries. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. boubw`n groin + &unr_; tumor: cf. F. bubonocèle. ] (Med.) An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A red pimple. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell. It is a simple type of hookah. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i. ] A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This hubbub of unmeaning words. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. sile to strain, and bub liquor, also Prov. E. sillibauk. ] A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth. [ Written also syllabub. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Syllabub. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hubbub. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hubbub. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]