In the United States coleopterous insects are invariably called bugs; thus May bug, June bug, golden bug, &c. In England they are called beetles, and the word but is restricted to the species found in bedding.
·noun A bugbear; anything which terrifies. II. Bug ·noun One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen; bugs having, as it is said, been introduced into Irela...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to bend. Kent. Bug up. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
An old term for a vessel more remarkable in size than efficiency. Thus, when Drake fell upon Cadiz...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; — so called from swimming on its back, whi...
·- A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common abo...
·add. ·- Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip...
·add. ·- Any of several clumsy, wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes, found in the Pacific States. ...
·- A <<Chiton>>. ...
·- The Croton bug. II. Water bug ·- Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemip...
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
An upholsterer. ...
the green beetle. Kent. ...
the brown cock-chafer. Kent. ...