To toss or throw up (hedges), as cattle do.
In the stock exchange, to endeavor to raise, as the price of shares, artificially and unduly. See the noun.
In the stock exchange, in the interest of or favorable to the bulls; buoyant; rising: as, a bull movement; a bull market.
noun.
A bubble.
noun.
A gross inconsistency in language; a ludicrous blunder involving a contradiction in terms: commonly regarded as especially characteristic of the Irish, and often called an Irish bull.
noun.
Synonyms Error, Mistake, etc. See blunder.
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In mining, an iron rod used in ramming clay to line a shot-hole.
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The male of the domestic bovine, of which the female is a cow; in general, the male of any bovine, as of the different species of the genus Bos.
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An old male whale, sea-lion, sea-bear, or fur-seal.
noun.
[capitalized] Taurus, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
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In stock-exchange slang, one who endeavors to effect a rise in the price of stock: the opposite of a bear. See bear, 5.
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The bull's-eye of a target.
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plural The stems of hedge-thorns.
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plural The transverse bars of wood into which the heads of harrows are set.
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A five-shilling piece.
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A small keg.
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The weak grog made by pouring water into a spirit-cask nearly empty.
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Same as beal.
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Same as bulla, 2.
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The most authoritative official document issued by the pope or in his name: usually an open letter containing some decree, order, or decision relating to matters of grace or justice.
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An official letter; an edict; especially, an imperial edict under the Roman or the old German empire.