bunting

5 definitions found

bunting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
     fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
     garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
     See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.] (Zool.)
     (a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the
         size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
         delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.
     (b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).
     (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana   Carolina
         ). See Sora.
         [1913 Webster]

  Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE.
     bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zool.)
     A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus,
     related to the finches and sparrows (family
     Fringillid[ae]).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting
           (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (Emberiza hortulana
           ); the cirl (Emberiza cirlus); and the
           black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American
           species are the bay-winged or grass (Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus
            or Po[oe]cetes gramineus); the
           black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting
           or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis
           ); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others.
           See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting
           .
           [1913 Webster] Bunting

  Bunting \Bun"ting\, Buntine \Bun"tine\, n. [Prov. E. bunting
     sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material
     used for that purpose.]
     A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and
     ships' signals.
     [1913 Webster]

bunting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bunting
      n 1: a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
      2: any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North
         America

bunting - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "bunting":
     Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner,
     Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union Jack, and blue, banderole,
     banner, banneret, black flag, blue ensign, burgee, coachwhip,
     colors, ensign, flag, gonfalon, gonfanon, guidon, house flag, jack,
     long pennant, merchant flag, national flag, oriflamme, pennant,
     pennon, pennoncel, red, red ensign, royal standard, signal flag,
     standard, streamer, swallowtail, tricolor, vexillum, white