bulseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bulse (複数形 bulses)

1. (now rare) A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 997:

     [L]et me then comfort myself with the large treasure of Johnson's conversation which I have preserved for my own entertainment and that of the world, and let me exhibit what I have upon each occasion, whether more or less, whether a bulse, or only a few sparks of a diamond.

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     bulses of diamonds and bags of guineas