11) Stock Exchange Slang. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...See each article: 1 Backwardation.Bears.Berthas.Berwicks.Brums.Bulls.Caleys.Claras.Cohens.Contango.Dogs.Dovers.Floaters.Fourteen Hundred.Kite.Lame Duck.,Leeds.Morgans.Muttons.Pots....
12) novillada. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A bullfight in which the bulls engaged are less than four years old. Spanish, from novillo, young bull, from Latin novellus, young, diminutive of novus, new. See...
13) 53287. Shakespeare, William. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:53287 QUOTATION:Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. ATTRIBUTION:William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Vernon, in Henry IV, Part...
14) 1898. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:1898 QUOTATION:People do not know their own faults, just as bulls do not know their own strength. ATTRIBUTION:Chinese proverb....
15) corrida. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A bullfight, especially a program in which six bulls aged at least four years old are engaged. Spanish corrida (de toros), running (of the bulls), bullfight, from...
16) Urbi et Orbi [To Rome and the rest of the world]. Dictionary of Phrase and
Fable. 1898
...A form used in the publication of Papal bulls. 1...
17) toreador. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A matador; a bullfighter. Spanish, from torear, to fight bulls, from toro, bull, from Latin taurus. See tauro- in Appendix I....
18) Jordan, Michael Jeffrey. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...American basketball player. A guard with the Chicago Bulls (1985-1993, 1995-1999) he holds a National Basketball Association record for most seasons leading the league...
19) Capers Island. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Capers Island, Charleston co., SE S.C., just SW of Bulls Isl., 15 mi/24 km ENE of Charleston; c.3 mi/4.8 km long. Separated from mainland to NW by Intracoastal Waterway....
20) cattle. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1. Any of various chiefly domesticated mammals of the genus Bos, including cows, steers, bulls, and oxen, often raised for meat and dairy products. 2. Humans, especially...
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