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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. 1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) A fungus (Ustilago fœtida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a fine white Philippine fiber from the stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her . . . daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Baseball) a batter who bunts{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose. ] A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin. ] (Zool.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (Emberiza hortulana); the cirl (Emberiza cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Poöcætes gramineus or Poœcetes gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 2d bunt + line. ] (Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]