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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Blēat'ing, p. a. p. 140Crying as a sheep. Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow.Blēat'ing, n. p. 140The cry of a sheep. Chapman.Blĕb, n. p. 140A little tumor, vesicle, or blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, &c. Arsenic abounds with air blebs. Kirwan.Blĕb'by, a. p. 140Full of blebs.Blēd, imp. & p. p. p. 140of bleed.Blee, n. p. 140Complexion; color; likeness. [Eng.] [Rare.] “Bright of blee.” Chaucer. “That boy has a strong blee of his father.” Forby. “For white of blee with waiting for me.” Browning.Bleed, v. i. p. 140To lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds. 2. To die a violent death, or by slaughter. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope. 3. To issue forth, or drop as…Bleed, v. t. p. 140To let blood; to take blood from by opening a vein. 2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as juice, sap, or gum. “A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber.” Miller. 3. To draw money from…Bleed'ing, n. p. 140A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; the drawing of sap from a tree or plant.Bleit or Blāte, a. p. 140Bashful; diffident; timid. [Scot. and North Eng.] Johnson.Blēm'ish, v. t. p. 140To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as any thing which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind. Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy…Blēm'ish, n. p. 140Any mark of deformity, whether physical or moral; any thing that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is well formed; that which impairs reputation. “The blemish of his prose.”…Blēm'ish-less, a. p. 140Without blemish; spotless. “A life in all so blemishless.” Feltham.Blēm'ish-ment, n. p. 140The state of being blemished; blemish; disgrace. [Obs.] For dread of blame and honor's blemishment. Spencer.Blĕnch, v. i. p. 140To shrink; to start back; to give way; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch. “Blench not at thy chosen lot.” Bryant. This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched…Blēnch, v. t. p. 140To baffle; to disconcert; to break the force of, or render ineffectual. “If ye so should have answered him as I have showed you, though ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might…Blĕnch, n. p. 141A start or shrinking back. [Obs.] These blenches gave my heart another youth. Shak.Blĕnch'er, n. p. 141One who frustrates; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See BLANCHER. Beau. & Fl.Blēnch'-hōld'ing, n. p. 141(Law.) A tenure of lands upon the payment of a small sum in silver, blanch, that is, white money.Blĕnch'ing, n. p. 141Act of one who blenches; a shrinking back; a giving way. Gower.Blĕnd, v. t. p. 141To mix or mingle together; hence, to confound, so that the separate things mixed can not be distinguished. Curiosity blends itself more or less with all our passions. Burke. Blending the grand, the…Blĕnd, v. i. p. 141To be mixed; to be united. There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality. Irving.Blĕnde, n. p. 141(Min.) An ore of zinc, called also mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a sulphuret of zinc, consisting, when pure, of zinc 67 parts and sulphur 33, but often containing some iron. Its…Blĕnd'er, n. p. 141One who blends, mingles, or confounds.Blēnd'ing, n. p. 141The act of mingling. 2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingle together while, wet, and shade into each other insensibly. Weale.Blĕnd'ōūs, a. p. 141Pertaining to blende; consisting of blende.Blĕnd'-wā'ter, n. p. 141A distemper incident to cattle, called also more-hough.Blen-nōg'e-noüs, a. p. 141Forming or generating mucus. Dunglison.Blēn'nor-rhē'a, n. p. 141(Med.) (a.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. (b.) Gonorrhea. Dunglison.Blĕn'ny, n. p. 141(Ichth.) A fish of different species, usually of small size, of the genus Blennius, and family Blenniidæ: — so called from the shining mucus with which their skin is clothed. S. F. Baird.Blĕnt, p. p. p. 141Mixed; mingled. “Blent together.” Shak. Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent. Byron.Bless, v. t. p. 141To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon. Happy the isle with such a hero blest. Waller. Bless to both nations this auspicious hour. Dryden. 2. To pronounce a wish…Blēss'ed, a. p. 141Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. “All generations shall call me blessed.” Luke i. 48. “Toward England’s blessed shore.” Shak. 2. Imparting happiness or…Blĕss'ed-ly, adv. p. 141Happily; fortunately; joyfully. One day we shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sidney.Blĕss'ed-ness, n. p. 141Happiness; felicity; heavenly joys; the favor of God. “The blessedness of being little.” Shak. “The assurance of a future blessedness.” Tillotson. Single blessedness, the unmarried state; happiness…Blĕss'ed Thīs'tle p. 141A plant, the Cnicus (formerly Centaurea) benedictus. The Carthamus lanatus also is sometimes so called. Dana.Blĕss'er, n. p. 141One who blesses or prospers; one who bestows a blessing.Blĕss'ing, n. p. 141A means of happiness; a gift, benefit, or advantage; that which promotes prosperity and welfare. Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton. 2. A wish of happiness pronounced; a prayer…Blĕst, a. p. 141Made happy. In his seed all nations shall be blest. Milton. 2. Making happy; cheering. While these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull. ☞ Rarely used as an adjective. See BLESS.Blĕt, n. p. 141A decayed spot on fruit. Lindley proposes the use of this word as a verb; as, the fruit blets, that is, becomes decayed in spots from being over-ripe.Blē'ton-ism, n. p. 141The supposed faculty of perceiving and indicating subterraneous springs and currents by sensation;— so called from one Bleton, of France, who was said to possess this faculty.Blē'ton-ist, n. p. 141One supposed to possess the faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs by sensation.Blĕt'ting, n. p. 141The spotted appearance of over-ripe fruit from incipient decomposition. Lindley.Blew, imp. p. 141of blow.Blēyme, n. p. 141(Far.) An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.Blight, n. p. 141Mildew; decay; any thing nipping or blasting; — applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or…Blight, v. t. p. 141To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of; to frustrate. “Blighted corn.” Locke. This vapor . . . blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious…Blight, v. i. p. 141To injure as by blight. But strong to blast and blight By pestilence and thunder storm. Prael.Blight'ing-ly, adv. p. 141By blasting.Blĭn, v. t. p. 141To stop or cease. [Obs.] Spencer.Blĭn, n. p. 141Cessation; end. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Blind, a. p. 141Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; not having sight. He that is stricken blind can not forget. The precious treasure of his eye-sight lost. Shak. 2. Not…Blīnd, v. t. p. 141To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. “Salt water blinds them not.” Shak. A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is undoubtedly a…Blĭnd or Blĭnde p. 141See BLENDE.Blīnd, n. p. 141Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; as, a blind for a window or for a horse. “The blinds neatly covered up with old newspapers.” Thackeray. 2. Something to mislead the eye…Blīnd'aġe, n. p. 141See BLIND, No. 3.Blīnd'-cōal, n. p. 141Coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. Simmonds.Blīnd'ed, p. a. p. 141Deprived of sight; deprived of intellectual discernment; made dark or obscure.Blind'er, n. p. 141One who blinds. 2. The broad pieces of leather on a bridle near the eyes of a horse, to hinder him from seeing on the side.Blind'-fish, n. p. 141A variety of fish (Amblyopsis spelaeus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Wyman.