Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Blām'a-bly, adv. p. 138In a manner deserving of censure; culpably.Blāme, v. t. p. 138To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with. “We have done to blame but ourselves.” Tillotson. 2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish; to injure. [Obs.] See BLEMISH. She blamed her…Blāme, n. p. 138An expression of disapprobation for something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure; reprehension. Let me bear the blame forever. Gen. xliii. 9. 2. That which is deserving of censure or…Blāme'ful, a. p. 138Faulty; meriting blame; reprehensible. Shak.Blāme'ful-ly, ad. p. 138In a blameful manner; faultily; blamably.Blāme'ful-ness, n. p. 138State of being blameful.Blāme'less, a. p. 138Without fault; innocent; guiltless; not meriting censure. A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2. Sometimes followed by of. “Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave.” Mullet. We will…Blāme'less-ly, adv. p. 138Innocently; without fault or crime.Blāme'less-ness, n. p. 138Innocence; freedom from fault or blame.Blām'er, n. p. 138One who blames, finds fault, or censures.Blāme'wor-thi-ness, n. p. 138The quality of deserving censure; fault; blamableness.Blāme'wor-thy, a. p. 138Deserving blame; censurable; culpable; reprehensible.Blāne'ard, n. p. 138A kind of linen cloth manufactured in Normandy, so called because the thread is half blanched before it is woven.Blănch, v. t. p. 138To take out the color, and make white; to whiten; to make blank. “Blanched locks.” W. Scott. Keep the natural ruby of your cheeks When mine are blanched with fear. Shak. 2. To make white by stripping…Blănch, v. i. p. 138To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. 2. To evade; to shift; to speak softly. [Obs.] Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. Bacon.Blăn'chard Lāthe p. 138A lathe for turning irregular forms, such as shoe-lasts or gun-stocks.Blănch'er, n. p. 138One who blanches or whitens. 2. One who anneals and cleanses money. 3. One who hinders or turns aside. [Obs.] And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the…Blānch'-hōld'ing, n. p. 139(Law.) A tenure by which the tenant is bound to pay only an elusory yearly duty, as a penny or some small article, to his superior, as an acknowledgment of his right—a mode not unfrequent in…Blänch-īm'e-ter, n. p. 139An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash. Ure.Blănch'ing, n. p. 139The act of whitening; the operation of giving a peculiar luster and brightness to pieces of silver about to be coined, and not yet stamped, by means of acids, heat, &c. 2. The covering of iron plates…Blănch'ing-liq'uor, n. p. 139The solution of chloride of lime for bleaching;—called by workmen chemic. Porter.Blanc-mange', n. p. 139Blanc-man'ger p. 139(Cookery.) A preparation of dissolved isinglass, or sea-moss, milk, sugar, cinnamon, &c., boiled into a thick consistence.Bland, a. p. 139Mild; soft; gentle; as, bland words; bland zephyrs; producing a pleasing impression by soft or soothing qualities. “Exhilarating vapor bland.” Milton.Blan-dā’tiōn, n. p. 139Gross flattery. [Obs.]Blan-dil'o-quence, n. p. 139Fair, mild, flattering speech. [Obs.]Bland'ish, v. t. p. 139To flatter by kind words or affectionate actions; to soften; to caress. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. Milton.Blǎnd′ish, v. i. p. 139To assume a flattering or courteous manner; to act or speak affectionately, or caressingly. Drayton.Blānd'ish-er, n. p. 139One who flatters with soft words.Bland'ish-ing, n. p. 139Blandishment. Sir T. More.Bland'ish-ment, n. p. 139Words or actions expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; artful caresses. “An accent very low in blandishment.” Tennyson. “Covering low with blandishment.” Milton.Blānd'ness, n. p. 139State or quality of being bland.Blänk, a. p. 139Of a white or pale color. “To the blank moon Her office they prescribed.” Milton. 2. Hence, pale from fear or terror; confused; confounded; dispirited; dejected. Adam . . . Astonied stood, and blank.…Blānk, n. p. 139Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument. I can not write a paper full, as I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you. Swift. 2. A lot by…Blānk, v. t. p. 139To make void; to annul. Spenser. 2. To deprive of color, the index of health and spirits; to damp the spirits; to dispirit or confuse. “That blanks the face of joy.” Shak.Blănk'et, n. p. 139A coarse, loosely woven cover, usually of wool, for beds, horses, &c., to protect from cold; sometimes worn around the shoulders. 2. (Print.) Woolen cloth, or white baize, to lay between the tympans.…Blănk'et, v. t. p. 139To cover with a blanket. “I'll . . . blanket my loins.” Shak. 2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. B. Jonson.Blănk'et-ing, n. p. 139Cloth for blankets. 2. The punishment of tossing in a blanket. That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. Smollett.Blănk'ly, adv. p. 139In a blank manner; with paleness or confusion.Blānk'ness, n. p. 139State of being blank; vacancy; confusion.Blan-quette', n. p. 139(Cookery.) A white fricassee.Blâre, v. i. p. 139To sound loudly; to roar. “The trumpet blared.” Tennyson.Blâre, n. p. 139Roar; noise; loud sound. “With blare of bugle.” Tennyson. And sigh for battle’s blare. Barlow. And his ears are stunned with the thundering blare. Drake. 2. A small copper coin of Berne, nearly of…Blär'ney, n. p. 139Smooth, deceitful talk; flattery. [Irish.]Blār'ney, v. t. p. 139To influence by blarney; to deceive or flatter by smooth talk. “Blarneyed the landlord.” Irving.Blas-phēme’, v. t. p. 139To speak of the Supreme Being in terms of impious irreverence; to revile or speak reproachfully of God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit. So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no God…Blas-phēme’, v. i. p. 139To utter blasphemy. Skeptics may wrangle, and mockers may blaspheme. Beattie. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. Mark iii. 29.Blas-phēm'er, n. p. 139One who blasphemes; one who speaks of God in impious and irreverent terms. Should each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not to man, but God? Pope.Blās'phe-mous, a. p. 139Containing blasphemy; wickedly calumnious; impiously irreverent or reproachful toward God. “Blasphemous publications.” Porteus. Nor from the holy one of heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous.…Blăs'phe-mōus-ly, adv. p. 139With impious irreverence to God; in a blasphemous manner. The Blessed Virgin, . . . whom they blasphemously call the Queen of Heaven. Tillotson.Blăs'phe-my, n. p. 139An indignity offered to God by words or writing; reproachful, contemptuous, or irreverent words uttered impiously against God. “Blasphemy is to attribute to God that which is contrary to his nature…Blăst, n. p. 139Literally, a blowing; a violent movement of the air, a destructive or pernicious wind. “The eagle rode the rising blast.” Byron. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his…Blāst, v. t. p. 139To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to check growth and prevent fruit-bearing by some pernicious influence; to blight. “Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.” Gen. xli. 6.…Bläst, v. n. p. 139To be blighted or withered. Blasting in the bud, Losing his verdure even in the prime. Shak.Blăst'ed, a. p. 139Confounded; accursed; detestable;—a vulgar term of imprecation. “Some of her own blasted gipsies.” W. Scott.Blas-tē'ma, n. p. 139(Bot.) The embryo in a seed apart from the cotyledon. 2. (Zoöl.) The primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it proceeds or grows. “The blastema of bone is a sub-transparent glairy…Blas-tē'mal, a. p. 139Pertaining to the rudimental mass of an organ in its state of formation; rudimentary.Blăst'er, n. p. 139One who blasts or destroys.Bläst'-fûr'nace, n. p. 139(Mech.) A furnace for smelting ores, in which the supply of air is furnished by a powerful bellows, or other pneumatic apparatus.Blåst'-hôle, n. p. 139A hole in the bottom of a pump, through which water enters. Mining Journal.