To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the
approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
1. (Zoöl.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale. Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope. 2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in charact...