"Bunt" is a word in ENGLISH
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a
furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt;
as, the ram bunted the boy.
A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals,
filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
You may avoid the risk of a car accident if you avoid driving, but you will lose the joy and freedom of driving.
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The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.
Read the complete definitionThe part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly …
Read the complete definitionThat part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.
Read the complete definitionOriginally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to …
Read the complete definitionOne of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest …
Read the complete definitionA wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at …
Read the complete definitionThe uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble …
Read the complete definitionThat part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
Read the complete definitionA kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like …
Read the complete definitionThat part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order …
Read the complete definitionA piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing …
Read the complete definitionThat part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Read the complete definitionThe slack part of a sail.
Read the complete definitionThe part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of …
Read the complete definitionTo be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, …
Read the complete definitionA figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for …
Read the complete definitionTo make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached …
Read the complete definitionThe part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as …
Read the complete definitionTo loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any …
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