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bunt

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bunt: see smut smut, name for an order of parasitic fungi (Ustilaginales) and the various diseases of plants caused by them. Smuts produce sootlike masses of spores on the host.
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Through daylight and dark I follow the bark I keep like a hound on her trail; I'm strongest at noon, yet under the moon, I stiffen the bunt of her sail.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
I am strongest at noon, But under the moon I stiffen the bunt of the sail.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
What made them do it-- what made them obey me when I, thinking consciously how fine it was, made them drop the bunt of the foresail twice to try and do it better?
Youth: A Narrative by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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