(n): the act of contacting one thing with another
(n): disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
(n): destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
(n): similar to Tilletia caries
(n): any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
(n): fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
(n): any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
(v): hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
(v): cause to move by striking
(v): to strike, thrust or shove against
(v): deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
In reefing, the yard-arms (the extremes of the yards) are the posts of honor; but in furling, the strongest and most experienced stand in the slings (or middle of the yard) to make up the bunt. If the second mate is a smart fellow, he will never let any one take either of these posts from him; but if he is wanting either in seamanship, strength, or activity, some better man will get the bunt and earings from him, which immediately brings him into disrepute.
- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 4
Bunting, apparently, in the following usage:
"'When we have furled everything but topsails and forestaysail, we may proceed... But furled in the loose bunt, swagging horribly, with gaskets all ahoo, d'ye hear me there, Mr Seymour,'—directing his voice nominally to Seymour on the forecastle but in fact to the ship's company..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 151