Budget – Buncombe
Budget
the annual statement relative to the finances of a country, made by the proper financial functionary, in which is presented a balance sheet of the actual income and expenditure of the past year, and an estimate of the income and expenditure for the coming year, together with a statement of the mode of taxation proposed to meet such expenditure.
Buddlea
or BUDDLEIA, a genus of plants belonging to the order scrophuspecies are evergreen or deciduous shrubs from this country, Africa or Asia. B. neemda is one of the most beautiful plants in India. B. globosa, from Chile, is also highly ornamental. Fully 60 species of buddlea are known.
Buenos Aires
the capital of Ar-
Bugbane
a name given in this called in England bugwort.
Bugloss
a popular name applied to a number of plants of the natural order boragineæ, and in particular to the alkanet.
BÜHL, or BOULLE, unburnished gold, brass, or mother of pearl, worked into patterns for ornamenting furniture. Set dark wood, or tortoise shell. as an ornament into surfaces of ebony or
Bulacan
a town in Luzon, Philippine Islands, in the province of the same name (area 1,173 square miles; pop. about 225,000), about 22 miles N. W. of Manila, with which it is connected by railway; has factories in which silk matting is railway; pop. about 15,000. The town made. Sugar boiling is also an industry of importance.
Bulbul
the Indian name of any bird belonging to the pycnonotinæ, a sub-family of turdidæ, or thrushes. The bulbuls are admired in the East for their song, as are the nightingales. Some species are found in Africa. P. jocosus, spe which can be easily tamed, is kept for this end, and P. hæmorrhous for fighting purposes.
Bull
the male of any quadruped of the bovidæ family. Also, a sign of the zodiac: Taurus.
Bull Baiting
the barbarous sport of setting dogs on a bull, who is tied to a stake and worried by the dogs for the amusement of the spectators. It was a favorite sport in England from a very early period, till it was finally put down by Act of Parliament in 1835.
Bullet
a ball, generally of lead, made to fit the bore of a rifle, pistol, or similar weapon, and designed to be propelled thence with great force as an offensive instrument or weapon. Bullets are now usually cylindrical, with conical or conoidal points.
Bull Fight
a barbarous amusement of great antiquity, having been practiced by the Egyptians, by the Thessalians, and others, but now associated chiefly with Spain, into which it seems to have been first introduced by the Moors.
Buncombe
a county in North Carolina. The term bunkum, meaning talking for talking's sake, bombastic speech making, is said to have originated with a Congressional member for this county, who declared that he was only talking for Buncombe, when attempts were made to cut his oratory short.
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