1844. _Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital_ [_The Blue_, Aug. 1874]. The punishment ... next in severity was flogging with the birch (called BRUSHING). _Verb_ (Christ’s Hospital).—To flog. *Brute*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—_See_ quot. Also BEAST. 1868. BREWER, _Phrase and Fable_, s.v. BRUTE, in Cambridge University slang, is a man who has not yet matriculated. The play is evident. A “man” in college phrase is a collegian; and as matriculation is the sign and seal of acceptance, a scholar before that ceremony is not a “man,” and therefore only a “BIPED BRUTE.” *Buck*, _adj._ 1. (Winchester: obsolete).—Handsome. 2. (Felsted).—Fine; jolly. 1897. _Felstedian_, July, p. 129. What’s the good of a Præfect? he never gets anybody up, and has never been known to be in time himself. He’s a BUCK lot of use. TO BE BUCKED, _verb. phr._ (Uppingham).—To be tired. TO BUCK DOWN, _verb. phr._ (Winchester).—To grieve; to be unhappy. TO BUCK UP, _verb. phr._ 1. (Winchester).—To cheer; to be pleased. 2. (Westminster).—To exert oneself. 3. (Harrow).—To play hard; to hurry. *Bucksome* (or *Buxom*), _adj._ (Winchester).—Happy; cheerful. *Budder*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A hard worker; a SWOTTER. [From a proper name.] *Bug and Tick*, _subs. phr._ (The Leys).—The Natural History Society. _See_ BUG AND SNAIL (Appendix). *Buissonites*, _subs._ (Charterhouse).—Now called BODEITES (_q.v._). *Bulky*, _adj._ (Winchester).—(1) Rich; (2) generous. *Bull-dog*, _subs._ 1. (University).—A proctor’s assistant or marshal. 1823. LOCKHART, _Reg. Dalton_, I., x. (1842), 59. Long forgotten stories about proctors bit and BULL-DOGS baffled. 1841. LYTTON, _Night and Morning_, bk. iii. chap. iii. The proctor and his BULL-DOGS came up ... and gave chase to the delinquents; ... the night was dark, and they reached the College in safety. 1847. TENNYSON, _Princess_, Prologue. We unworthier told Of college; he had climb’d across the spikes, And he had squeezed himself betwixt the bars, And he had breath’d the Proctor’s DOGS. 1880. BREWER, _Reader’s Handbook_. BULL-DOGS, the two servants of a university proctor, who follow him in his rounds, to assist him in apprehending students who are violating the university statutes, such as appearing in the streets after dinner without cap and gown, &c. 2. (Cambridge: obsolete).—A Fellow of Trinity College. *Bully*, _subs._ (Eton).—A mellay at football: the equivalent of the Rugby SCRUMMAGE (_q.v._), and the Winchester HOT (_q.v._). *Bunker’s Hill* (Stonyhurst).—A row of cottages outside Hodder grounds. Originally called Bankhurst, but after a battle here between the inhabitants and the new-comers a century ago, its present name was given to it. (See _Stonyhurst Mag._, ii. 92.) *Bum-brusher*, _subs._ (general).—A schoolmaster; also an usher.