bully beef n 1: beef cured or pickled in brine [syn: {bully beef}, {corned beef}, {corn beef}]
Bully \Bul"ly\ (b[.u]l"l[y^]), n., Bully beef \Bul"ly beef`\ (b[.u]l"l[y^] b[=e]f`). [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See {Boil}, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or canned beef. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]