DCHP-3

bunch ((n.))†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Obs.

the spinous process on the vertebrae in the hump above the shoulders of a buffalo, much prized as a delicacy.

See: boss

Quotations

1819
On his [buffalo's] back is a bunch or escressence, commencing a little forward of his haunches, the highest part of which is over his shoulders, and which terminates at the neck.
1840
. . . meeting with a herd of buffaloes in the meadows, I killed a fat one, and took from it the fillets, the bunch and the tongue.
2n.

a grove of trees.

See: bluff(def. 3a)

Quotations

1872
A grove, or as they would call it, a "bunch" of pine or spruce, catches the eye sooner than the signs left by a wild animal.
1910
The spruce grows in "bunches" or "stands" along the rivers. . . .
3n.

a herd of horses or, sometimes, cattle.

Quotations

1903
Guess I'm reckoned kind of handy 'round a bunch of steers.
1910
Bunches of horses and herds of cattle [were] widely scattered over the endless grassy plains. . . .
1962
Picking a scrubby horse out of the bunch . . . he led him into the infested territory and shot him.