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Papal decree
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bull
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" [syn: bruiser , strapper , Samson ] obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"push through roughly," 1884, from bull (n.1). Related: Bulled ; bulling .\n
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bull (first name unknown; fl. 1871) was an English cricketer who played for Kent . He made a single first-class appearance for the side, in 1871, against Sussex . As a tailender, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 8 runs in the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 1 Large and strong, like a bull. 2 Of large mammals, male. 3 (context finance English) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear) n. 1 An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. 2 # Specifically, one that is uncastrated. 3 An adult ...
Usage examples of bull.
Since Bull Shockhead would bury his brother, and lord Ralph would seek the damsel, and whereas there is water anigh, and the sun is well nigh set, let us pitch our tents and abide here till morning, and let night bring counsel unto some of us.
It was not a large affair: a reception desk, a bull pen for admin and communications, a hallway that led back to the holding cells, and an office for the sheriff himself.
On the notice that Eugenius had fulminated a bull for that purpose, they ventured to summon, to admonish, to threaten, to censure the contumacious successor of St.
The horses, the bull Brutus, even the human acrobats and aerialists and jugglers.
The bulls swept off as Akela bayed, and Gray Brother stopped in front of the cows.
They charged down on him, and he ran just before them to the foot of the ravine, as Akela drove the bulls far to the left.
Selecting his first shaft with care, Alec sent it straight into the center of the first bull.
Joints is the only place you can pull up, an' when you stop you got to buy somepin so you can sling the bull with the broad behind the counter.
Camarines, Don Fray Francisco de Zamudio, to act as provisor until the bishop of Zebu, Don Fray Pedro de Arze, should be notified, to whom the government of this archbishopric belongs by a bull of Paul V.
Torgon himself took up a bowl with a leafy aspergillum and began circling the altar widdershins, sprinkling it and the bull with aspersions of water infused with mistletoe berries.
Yes, those Bulls of the popes are an irrefragable testimony that auricular confession is the most powerful invention of the devil to corrupt the heart, pollute the body, and damn the soul of the priest and his female penitent!
It was no sorcery, nor a monster, but a bull aurochs twice the size of the largest ox Saban had ever seen: a creature of huge muscle, black hide, sharp horns and beady eyes.
He was even larger than the last time Bryson had seen him, though his avoirdupois was elegantly sheathed in a suit of navy cashmere, his bull neck flattered by the spread collar of one of his Turnbull happened.
The bull wheeled, somewhat in the same manner as when the banderilleros were placing their darts.
I have killed Slat Mor, Slatt Marr, Slatt Beag, the Cailliach of the Rocks and her four badachs, and likewise the Black Bull of the Brown Wood.