Bunt (&?;), n. (Bot.)

A fungus (Ustilago fœtida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

 

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Bunt, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.)

The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten.

 

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Bunt, v. i. (Naut.)

To swell out; as, the sail bunts.

 

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Bunt, v. t. & i.

To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

 

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Bunt, n.

A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball),

the act of bunting the ball.

 

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Bunt, v. t. & i. (Baseball)

To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.

 

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