[W/K] :: John Bull

  John \John\ (j[o^]n), n. [See Johannes.]
     A proper name of a man.
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     John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same
        as Apple-john.
  
     John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical
        characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English
        people.
  
     John Bullism, English character. --W. Irving.
  
     John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious
        plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.
  
     John Doree, John Dory. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +
        Doree, Dory.] (Zool.) An oval, compressed, European food
        fish ({Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive, with
        golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark
        spot on each side. Called also dory, doree, and St.
        Peter's fish.
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  Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle,
     Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr.
     the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.]
     1. (Zool.) The male of any species of cattle ({Bovid[ae]);
        hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant;
        also, the male of the whale.
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     Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the
           oryx, a large species of antelope.
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     2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or
        action. --Ps. xxii. 12.
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     3. (Astron.)
        (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
        (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and
            Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
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                  At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun,
                  And the bright Bull receives him. --Thomson.
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     4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise
        in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise.
        See 4th Bear, n., 5.
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     5. a ludicrously false statement; nonsense. Also used as an
        expletive. [vulgar]
  
     Syn: bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, crapola,
          bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, nonsense, rot, tommyrot,
          balderdash, hogwash, dogshit.
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     Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering
        them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.
  
     John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively;
        also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." --W.
        D.Howells.
  
     To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty
        instead of avoiding it.
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  John Bull
       n : a man of English descent [syn: limey]