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▪ I. ˈbulling, vbl. n.1
See bull v.1 Also attrib.
1398[see bull v.1]. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 57 The signes of their Bulling (as it is termed) are their cries, and disorderly forsaking their fellows. 1624Fletcher Rule a Wife, &c. v. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Cow, The Advantages of their bulling at that Time is, that they will calve in ten Months. 1950J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying 84 Bulling heifer, a heifer which is the right age and size for being served. 1960Times 9 May 3/3 The calfhood vaccination scheme allowed animals to be vaccinated up to the age of bulling.
▪ II. ˈbulling, vbl. n.2
[f. bull v.1, or nonce-vb. f. bull n.1, + -ing1.]
(nonce-use) = bull-baiting.
c1645Howell Lett. (1713) 124 The Pope hath sent divers Bulls against this Sport of bullings.
▪ III. † ˈbulling, vbl. n.3 Obs.
[f. bull v.3 to deceive; cf. buller n.1 b.]
? Fraudulent scheming.
1532More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. (1557) 736/1 Hys asseheded exclamacions, and all hys busy bulling.
▪ IV. † ˈbulling, vbl. n.4 Obs.—0.
[Cf. F. bouillir and L. bullīre to boil.]
The action of water issuing from a spring; bubbling.
1552Huloet, Bullyng, bollynge, or bubblyng of water out of a sprynge.
▪ V. † ˈbulling, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. bull v.2]
That issues (papal) bulls.
1624Essex's Ghost in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 515 This bulling Pius. |