These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Bull Baiting, Bull Dog, Bull Fight.
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 , till it was finally put down early period by Act of Parliament in 1835.
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a variety of the common dog, canis familiaris, variety taurinus, , from sometimes called variety molossus lower Al- Molossia (southern Epirus or said anbania), where similar dogs are bull dog ciently to have existed. The projecthas a thick, short, flat muzzle, a , a ing under jaw, thick and pendent lips large head, a flat forehead, a small and brain, half-pricked ears, a thick stature. Its strong body, but of low hold are well courage and tenacity of known.
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a barbarous amusement of great antiquity, having been practiced by the Egyptians, by the associ- Thessalians, and others, but now with Spain, into which it ated chiefly introduced by seems to have been first the Moors.
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a well known bird, the pyrrhula vulgaris, locally known as the norsk-pipe, the coal-hood, the hoop, or the tony hoop, the alp, and the hope. part surround- In the male the head, the ing the bill, the throat, and the tail are black; the nape, the back and lustrous the shoulders bluish gray; the cheeks, part of the belly neck, breast, the fore the rump and the and the flanks red; white bar runs vent white. A pinkish transversely across the wing. Its length female is less is about 64 inches. The brightly colored. It feeds on pine, fir, , on and other seeds, on grain, on berries moss 1 buds, etc. Its nest is usually of , bluish white, the eggs, generally four, with purplish speckled and streaked the thicker or pale orange brown at is end. Its song is much prized. It . It is found in often domesticated many lands.
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any frog which croaks with a deep rather than a sharp sound. frog (ra (rana pipiens) found A species of which has a in eastern North America, is six voice not unlike that of a bull. It or eight inches long, by three or four legs. It swallows broad, without the young fishes and even ducklings and catch goslings whole. It is difficult to it from its length of leap, besides which is generally left unharmed because it is said to purify rather than to pollute the waters in which it lives.
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a variety of dog, a cross breed between the bull dog and terrier. BÜLOW
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Ole Bornemann (1810-1880), a celebrated Norwegian violinist. A native of Bergen. His father wanted him to study for the ministry and would not permit a musical instrument in the house. At Christiania, 1828, he played in a concert with such skill that he was made music director of the city. After study in Germany and at Paris, Bull traveled, giving concerts. He had an ambition to out-do Paganini in violin tricks; but, though accomplished, could not excel him. Bull was received with tremendous enthusiasm. In 1844-50, 1853, and 1869 he made tours of the United States . Bull made a fortune out of his concerts, but spent a large part of his earnings in an unsuccessful attempt to colonize his countrymen in Pennsylvania, where he bought up 125,000 acres of rough land. See Violin 2026 Editor's Note: Ole Bull is a national hero in Norway, and he tried to found a second one: in 1852 he bought a tract of Pennsylvania wilderness for a Norwegian colony called Oleana, which collapsed within a year when the land title proved defective. The ruins of his castle survive in a state park, and he came home to help found Norway's first theater, hiring a young Henrik Ibsen. (Ed: BR 2026-06-12)
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the English name of a tree, the prunus communis, variety insititia. It is akin to the variety spinosa (the sloe), but differs in having the peduncles and under side of the leaves pubescent and the branches slightly spinous, whereas the spinosa has the peduncles glabrous, the leaves ultimately so also, and the branches decidedly spinous. BULLÆ, miniature blisters, or blebs. They are larger than vesicles, with a large portion of cuticle detached from the skin and a watery transparent fluid between. The skin beneath is red and inflamed.
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WILLIAM HANNUM officer GRUBB, an American naval , born in Media, Pa., in 1866. He gradu- Naval ated from the United States ap- Academy in 1886. In 1888 he was the pointed ensign and rose through in various grades, becoming commander 1909, and captain in 1912. He served during the Spanish-American War. From 1907 to 1911 he was at the United States Naval Academy, where he organized the department of electrical engineering. He was superintendent of the naval radio service from 1912 to 1916. During the World War he served the Ameriin the Atlantic Fleet and in can division of battleships in the Britthe ish Grand Fleet. He commanded eastern United States naval forces in the Mediterranean after the armistice, and was a member of the Inter-allied Commission to put into effect the naval armistice with Austriaterms of the of Hungary. He received the surrender the Austro-Hungarian fleet. From 1919 he was director of naval communications. He was the author of "Naval Electricians' Textbook," and many others on naval subjects. He acted as a delegate to many conferences on radio and other electrical subjects in foreign countries.
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ROBERT LEE, an American army officer; born at Youngsboro, Ala., in 1861. He graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1885. He served in Cuba and the Philippines. In 1917 he was made major-general, and U.S. GEN. R. L. BULLARD t-on-the-Main, and in January, 1918, was appointed Commander of the First Division of the A. E. F. in France. He distinguished himself in the campaigns of 1918 at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne, where he commanded the American Second Army. For his services he was raised . At to the rank of lieutenant-general he was made the end of the World War a major-general in the regular army. various He received the D. S. M. and foreign decorations.
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