Obs. exc. dial. [f. BULL sb.1 + FIST sb. ‘flatus ventris.’] The fungus called puff-ball (Lycoperdon bovista). ‘Still in use in Suffolk’ Britten and Holland.
1611. Cotgr., Pissaulict, a fuss-ball … puffiste, or bullfiste.
1755. Gentl. Mag., XXV. 124. The remarkable quality of the Lycoperdon, Puff-ball, or Bul-fist for stopping hæmorrhages.
