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bull-bait
bull-bait Obs. or arch. (ˈbʊlbeɪt) [f. bull n.1 + bait n.1 III.] = bull-baiting.1656 W. Webb in Digby Myst. (1882) Introd. 28 This Maior..would not suffer any..Bull-bait. 1818 in Knight Once upon Time (1859) 485 Whenever a bull-bait has taken place here. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxiv. 124 Bull-b... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bull-baiting
On St Stephen's Day 1789, a riot followed a bull-bait: soldiers fired on the crowd and four were killed. The last recorded bull-bait was in 1837, after they had become illegal under an 1835 Act. wikipedia.org
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John C. Heenan
As Harper's Weekly put it, "the bulk of the people in England and America are heart and soul engrossed in a fight compared to which a Spanish bull-bait wikipedia.org
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hank
▪ I. hank, n. (hæŋk) Also 6 hanc, 6–7 hanke, 7–9 hanck(e. [Found in 14th c.; app. from Norse: cf. ON. hǫnk fem. (:—*hanku), genit. hankar hank, coil, skein, clasp; also hanki m., the hasp or clasp of a chest; Sw. hank m., string, tie-band, rowel; Da. hank handle (as of a basket), ear of a pot. (The ... Oxford English Dictionary
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bull
▪ I. bull, n.1 (bʊl) Forms: 3–4 bule, (3–4 pl. bulles, 4–5 -is), 5 bulle, 6–7 bul, 6– bull; also 3–5 bole, 4 bol, 4–5 boole, (5 bolle), (8 Sc. dial. bill). [ME. bole (bool(e), app. a. ON. bole, boli; cf. MLG. bulle (whence mod.G.), MDu. bulle (bolle), Du. bul, bol. There may have been an OE. *bulla,... Oxford English Dictionary
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