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• Bully

  ·vi To act as a bully. II. Bully ·noun A brisk, dashing fellow. III. Bully ·adj Jovial and bluster...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bully

  A cowardly fellow, who gives himself airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap; a hector. See hector....

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bully

  n. a Tasmanian fish, Blenniustasmanianus, Richards., family Blennidae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• ark ruffians

  Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Bully beef

  ·add. ·v Pickled or canned beef. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bully tree

  ·- The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of S...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bully back

  A bully to a bawdy-house; one who is kept in pay, to oblige the frequenters of the house to submit t...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bully cock

  One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bully trap

  A brave man with a mild or effeminate appearance, by whom bullies are frequently taken in. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bully-ing

  strutting. Kent. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cock-a-bully

  n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris