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单词 bullate
释义 I. ˈbullate, n. Obs. rare—1.
A kind of metal; ? = bullet-iron (see bullet n.1 8).
1591G. Fletcher Russe Commw. (1856) 93 They [the Tartars]..preferre brasse and steele before other mettals, specially bullate, which they use for swords, knives, and other necessaries.
II. bullate, a.|ˈbʊleɪt, ˈbʌleɪt|
[ad. Lat. bullāt-us, having bubbles.]
1. Bot. Having blisters; inflated: said of leaves, in which the surface rises in a convexity between the veins.
1819Pantologia, s.v. Bullate leaf, in botany, when the substance rises high above the veins, so as to appear like blisters.1870Hooker Stud. Flora 465 Clothed with large bullate acuminate pale scales.
2. Phys. Having bullæ or puffy excrescences on the surface.
1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 111 The pterygoid may be swollen and bullate, as in the Mole.1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. vi. 293 This is principally composed of a large bullate labium.
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