Sc. Also 6 bullir. [f. prec.; cf. Sw. bullr-a, Da. buldre to roar, make a noise.] To make a noise, to roar, to bellow.
1530. Lyndesay, Test. Papyngo, 95. Blait lyke ane hog, and buller lyke ane bull.
1549. Compl. Scot. (1872), 39. The bullis began to bullir, quhen the scheip began to blait.
1663. Spalding, Troub. Chas. I. (1829), 33. It … would duck under water, snorting and bullering.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xv. Screeching and bullering like a Bull of Bashan.
