Definitions for: Bunting

[n] any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
[n] a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

Webster (1913) Definition: Bun"ting, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE.
bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus,
related to the finches and sparrows (family
Fringillid[ae]).

Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting
(Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana);
the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed
(Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the
bay-winged or grass ({Po["o]c[ae]tes 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.

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.

See Also: cloth, Emberiza aureola, Emberiza citrinella, Emberiza hortulana, Emberiza schoeniclus, fabric, finch, indigo bird, indigo bunting, indigo finch, material, ortolan, ortolan bunting, Passerina cyanea, Plectrophenax nivalis, reed bunting, snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, textile, yellow bunting, yellow-breasted bunting, yellowhammer

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