Bullfice

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
     A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and
     other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
     ripe; -- called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist},
     {puff}, and {puffin}.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bullfist \Bull"fist\, Bullfice \Bull"fice\, n. [Cf. G. bofist,
     AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist.] (Bot.)
     A kind of fungus. See {Puffball}.
     [1913 Webster] Bull fly