bulla
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The store sold everyday goods and featured a large brick oven that was used to make its famous bulla cakes, flavorful flat pastries made with flour, ginger and molasses.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2021
In ancient times, a seal stamp, or bulla, was used to authenticate documents or items.
From Fox News ● Apr. 1, 2019
An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
The paroccipital process is separate from, or only extends to a slight degree upon the auditory bulla.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Hind feet densely covered with long hair; ear short; tympanic bulla of moderate size.
From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
In 2017, Iraq received 450 cuneiform tablets and 3,000 ancient bullae, or seals, from the Museum and Green family firm Hobby Lobby paid a $3 million fine.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
They included cuneiform tablets, ancient cylinder seals and clay seal impressions known as bullae.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
They included 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets, slivers of papyrus, cylinder seals and clay bullae — all relics from ancient Mesopotamia that showcased some of the earliest forms of written communication.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2020
In 1986 archaeologists revealed that several lumps of figured clay called bullae, bought from Arab dealers in 1975, had once been used to mark documents.
From Time Magazine Archive
They resemble moorei in the shape and size of the tympanic bullae, and are intermediate in the size and shape of the foramen magnum.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
It is named from the Latin plural bullas, meaning the round bosses which the Romans put on their bridles.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
