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+Bulde+, _pt. s._ built, C; see +Bilden+. [[Addition]]
+Buggen+, _v._ to buy, S, S2, PP; see +Biggen+.
+Bugle+, _sb._ wild ox, S2, Prompt.; +bugill+, S3; +bowgle+, S3; +bugle+, buffalo-horn, bugle, MD.--OF. _bugle_; Lat. _buculum_ (acc.).
+Builen+, _v._ to boil, S2; +buylith+, _pr. s._, W2; +buylyng+, _pr. p._, PP; +buyliden+, _pt. pl._, W2.--OF. _buillir_; Lat. _bullire_.
+Bule+, _sb._ boil, PP; +bilis+, _pl._, W; +byles+, PP; +boilus+, PP.--AS. _ble_; cp. G. _beule_ (Weigand).
+Bule+; see +Bole+.
+Bulle+, _sb._ bull, papal rescript, P; +bille+, PP; pet.i.tion, PP; +bylle+, PP.--Lat. _bulla_, boss, stud, hence Late Lat. _bulla_, seal, doc.u.ment with seal; see Ducange.
+Bulten+, _v._ to boult, sift, C, Prompt.; +boulte+, Palsg.; +bultedd+, _pp._, S.--OF. _buleter_, _bureter_, to sift through coa.r.s.e cloth, from _bure_, coa.r.s.e cloth; Late Lat. _burra_; see Ducange (s.v. _buratare_).
+Bult-pele+, _sb._ a sifter, Voc.
+b.u.mbase+, _v._ to quilt with bombast, i.e. cotton wadding, Florio (p. 234a); +b.u.mbast+, _pr. pl._, S3.--From Milanese _bombas_; Low Lat.
_bombacem_, cotton; from Gr. ???.
+b.u.mmen+, _v._ to taste, take a draught, MD; +b.u.mmede+, _pt. s._ tasted, S2, P.
+Bun+, _pp._ prepared, S2, MD; see +Boun+.
+Bunchen+, _v._ to strike, MD, Prompt.; +bonchede+, _pt. s._, S2; +bonched+, P.
+Bunden+; see +Binden+.
+Bur+, _sb._ wind, storm, force, impetus, MD; +bir+, MD; +birr+, HD; +hire+, _dat._, W, MD; +birre+, W; +byrre+, HD.--Icel. _byrr_, wind, storm.
+Bur+, _sb._ the broad ring of iron behind the place for the hand on a tilting-spear, S3; +burr+, HD.
+Burde+, _sb._ maiden, virgin, lady, S, S2, PP; +birde+, P; +berde+, PP; +buirde+, PP; +buyrde+, S2, PP; see +Bryde+.
+Burden+, _sb._ burden, Manip.; see +Burene+.
+Burdenous+, _adj._ burdensome, S3.
+Burdon+, _sb._ mule; +burdones+, _pl._, MD; +burdowns+, MD.--Lat.
_burdonem_ (Vulg.).
+Burdoun+, _sb._ droning sound, ba.s.s, MD, C.--OF. _bourdon_, a drone, the humming of bees, the drone of a bag-pipe (Cotg.).
+Bureth+, _v._ it behoves, MD; +birr+, _pr. s._, S; +burth+, MD; +birs+, MD; +bers+, MD; +birrde+, _pt. s._, S; +bird+, S2, MD; +burd+, MD.--AS. _ge-byrian_; cp. OHG. _gi-burren_, to happen (Otfrid).
+Burgage+, _sb._ an estate held of a lord of a borough; +burgages+, _pl._, P; +borgages+, PP.--Low Lat. _burgagium_; OF. _bourgage_ (Cotg.).
+Burgeis+, _sb._ burgess, MD; +burgeys+, C, CM; +burgeis+, _pl._, S2, P; +burgeyses+, P.--OF. _burgeis_; Low Lat. _burgensis_.
+Burgh+, _sb._ borough, town, fortress, shelter, MD; +burghe+, PP, CM; +borghe+, PP; +borw+, PP; +borugh+, PP; +borowe+, PP; +borh+, S; +burch+, S; +burh+, S; +bureh+, MD, S; +biri+, MD, S; +berie+, S; +borw?+, S2; +borwes+, _pl._, PP, MD.--AS. _burh_; gen. _byrig_.
+Buriel+, _sb._ tomb, S2; +buryel+, S2; +biriel+, W; +biryel+, S2; +buriels+, _pl._ the Catacombs, C3; +biriels+, W2; +birielis+, W.--AS.
_byrgels_.
+Burien+, _v._ to bury, MD, S, PP; +birien+, MD, W2; +berien+, C3; +bery+, MD, C3; +byrien+, S; +i-burred+, _pp._, S2.--AS. _byrigan_.
+Burien+, _sb._ grave, MD; +berien+, S.--AS. _byrgen_.
+Burinisse+, _sb._ burial-place, MD; +berynes+, H.--AS. _byrignes_.
+Burjoun+, _sb._ burgeon, bud, MD; +burioyn+, H; +burgon+, HD; +burgionys+, _pl._, S3; +burioyns+, H.--OF. _borjon_, in Cotg.
_bourgeon_.
+Burjounen+, _v._ to bud, MD; +buriowne+, W2; +burgionys+, _pr. s._, S3; +borgoune?+, _pr. pl._, S2; +burione+, PP; +burionand+, _pr. p._, H; +buriownynge+, W.
+Burn+, _sb._ man, S2, HD; +burne+, S2; see +Bern+.
+Burne+, _sb._ spring of water, MD, S; +bourne+, S2; +borne+, S2; _burn_, _stream_, S2.--AS. _burna_.
+Burnen+, _v._ to burnish, MD; +burned+, _pp._, C; +borned+, S3.--OF.
_brunir_, to burnish, polish, to make brown (Cotg.). See SkD. p. 789.
+Burnet+, _adj._ brown, S3.--OF. _brunet_, brownish (Cotg.).
+Burnet+, _sb._ cloth of brown colour, CM, MD.--OF. _brunette_ (Cotg.); cp. Low Lat. _brunetum_.
+Burene+, _sb._ burden, MD; +birthin+, W; +birthun+, W2; +burden+, Manip.--AS. _byren_.
+Busch+, _sb._ bush, wood, W, W2, MD; +buysch+, W; +busk+, the head or tuft of a stalk of wheat, S; bush, S2, MD; +boske+, S2; +boskez+, _pl._, S2.
+Buschement+, _sb._ ambush, MD; +busshement+, S3. Cp. OF.
_en-buschement_, an ambuscade NED, (s.v. _ambushmenf_).
+Busken+, _v._ to prepare oneself, to get ready, to go, to hasten, to prepare, dress, MD, H, S2, P; +buschen+, S2; +bosken+, S2. Icel. _buask_ (reflex.), to get oneself ready.
+Buskinge+, _sb._ equipment, dress, MD, S3; +bosking+, MD.
+Busteous+, _adj._ noisy, S3; +buystous+, W; see +Boistous+.
+Busy+, _adj._ busy, MD; +bisi+, S, W2; +bisie+, S; +bisy+, C2, P; +besy+, C.--AS. _bysig_.
+Busyen+, _v._ to busy, _occupare_, MD; +bisien+, C3, S2, W.
+Busynesse+, _sb._ business, activity, care, industry, MD, C, C3; +bisinesse+, C3; +besynesse+, S3; +besynes+, H; +bisynesses+, _pl._, W2.
+Bu+; see +Ben+.
+Bu+; see +Biggen+.
