n. [ F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet. ] 1. A small ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cannon ball. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The fetlock of a horse. [ See Illust. under Horse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bullet tree. See Bully tree. --
Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a head shaped like a bullet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bulletin, fr. It. bullettino, dim. of bulletta, dim. of bulla, bolla, an edict of the pope, from L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict. ] 1. A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

bulletin board, a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of resisting the force of a bullet; resistant to penetration by a bullet; armored; as, a bulletproof vest; a bulletproof window. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. designed so as to be resistant to abuse or misuse and incapable of malfunction under normal use; as, a bulletproof computer program. [ PJC ]

3. so well thought out as to be resistant to criticism or certain to succeed; as, a bulletproof plan. [ PJC ]

n. [ From Cull, v. t. ] Broken glass for remelting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A dim. from F. cul back. ] A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mil.) A kind of man-stopping bullet, designed to fragment inside the body and thus inflict a severed and painful wound; -- so named from Dumdum, in India, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. Gules, Gully. ] 1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as: (a) A channel for water. (b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. (c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Engin.) A system of excavating by means of gullets or channels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the notion of a bullet that will kill only the bacterium or disease it is intended for. ] A drug or therapy or preventive that cures or prevents a disease, with only minimal side effects; as, there is no magic bullet against cancer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and Mugil cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (Mullus surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet. [ 1913 Webster ]

French mullet. See Ladyfish (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. molette. ] (Her.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. molet a sort of pinchers. ] Small pinchers for curling the hair. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. polete, OF. polete, F. poulette, dim. of poule a hen, fr. L. pullus a young animal, a young fowl. See Foal, and cf. Poult, Poultry, Pool stake. ] A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pullet sperm, the treadle of an egg. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. surmulet; saur, saure, brownish yellow, red + mulet a mullet. See Sorrel, a., and Mullet. ] (Zool.) Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. hullote, E. howlet. ] (Zool.) A European owl (Syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia. [ 1913 Webster ]