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n. 1. a very large closely branched South African shrub (Carissa grandiflora) of the dogbane family having forked bright green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves, and red berries. Also called natal plum.
Syn. -- natal plum, Carissa macrocarpa. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. the fruit of the amatungulu{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

a. Ahungered; longing. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an apparatus containing compressed air or other oxygen-gas mixture, permitting a person to breathe under water; -- also called a scuba.
Syn. -- scuba [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ G., enlightenment. ] A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by a lively questioning of authority, keen interest in matters of politics and general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton, and the epistemological theories of Locke, in the preceding century. Its chief center was in France, where it gave rise to the skepticism of Voltaire , the naturalism of Rousseau, the sensationalism of Condillac, and the publication of the “Encyclopedia” by D'Alembert and Diderot. In Germany, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Herder were representative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leaders of the American Revolution and the speculations of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine represented the movement in America. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. axonge, L. axungia; axis wheel + ungere to grease. ] Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.), lard prepared for medical use. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., lit., a trembling. ] (Music) A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. (cf. It. beccabunga, G. bachbunge), fr. G. bach brook + bunge, OHG. bungo, bulb. See Beck a brook. ] See Brooklime. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedunged ] To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) the popular name for a form of the chronic lung disease pneumoconiosis which is observed among coal miners, and is caused by the inhalation of coal dust. It is thus named because of the black appearance of the lungs (pneumomelanosis) of those affected with the disease. See also the related condition anthracosis. [ PJC. ]

v. t. To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted from plunger. ] A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi&unr_;ing the clay in potteries; a plunger. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G.; bund confederacy + versammlung assembly. ] See Legislature, Switzerland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout, OGael. buine. ] 1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sharper or pickpocket. [ Obs. & Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You filthy bung, away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bunged p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging ] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote). [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to a bungalow; similar to a bungalow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having many bungalows. the bungaloid suburbs [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Bengalee bānglā ] A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Bungar, the native name. ] (Zool.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Aeronautics) a spring or other elastic device, especially one attached to a control to facilitate its manipulation. [ PJC ]

2. same as bungee cord. [ PJC ]

n. a strong elastic cord, usually with a hook at each end, used as a shock-absorbing device or to bind packages together, as on a dolly or handcart. [ PJC ]

n. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface of the earth or the water. [ PJC ]

n. See Bung, n., 2. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bungled p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling ] [ Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang. ] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. performed poorly or inadequately; as, a bungled job; the Watergate scandal started with a bungled burglary.
Syn. -- botched, goofed up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. [ 1913 Webster ]

If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. awkward to move or use especially because of shape; as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
Syn. -- awkward, clumsy, ungainly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

They make but bungling work. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Clumsily; awkwardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Argentinian cariama (Chunga burmeisteri).
Syn. -- seriema, Chunga burmeisteri. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

imp. & p. p. of Cling. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See Cling, v. i. ] Wasted away; shrunken. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name. ] (Zool.) The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [ Also written coolen and cullum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Mullein. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick. ] To expunge; to erase. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Disponge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. dung; akin to G. dung, dünger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. Dingy. ] The excrement of an animal. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dunged p. pr. & vb. n. Dunging. ] 1. To manure with dung. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To void excrement. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A coarse kind of unbleached cotton fabric; blue denim. [ Written also dungari. ] [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Trousers, overalls or similar work clothes made of blue denim. [ PJC ]

3. pl. Same as blue jeans. [ PJC ]

v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon. ] A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]