Defn: 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. 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.
BULL
Bull, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;
fierce. Bull bat (Zoöl.), the night hawk; — so called from the loud
noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening.
— Bull calf. (a) A stupid fellow.
— Bull mackerel (Zoöl.), the chub mackerel.
— Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, in
which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
— Bull snake (Zoöl.), the pine snake of the United States.
— Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag.
— Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for
lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.
BULL
Bull, v. i.
Defn: To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]
BULL
Bull, v. t. (Stock Exchange)
Defn: To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
BULL Bull, n. Etym: [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob, LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. Bull a writing, Bowl a ball, Boil, v. i.]
1. A seal. See Bulla.
2. A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief. A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses. Atterbury.