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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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Blōat'ed-ness, n. p. 142The state of being bloated; inflation; turgidity. Arbuthnot.Blōat'er or Blōat'-hēr'ring, n. p. 142A herring dried in smoke. See BLOTE. So many bloat-herrings newly taken out. B. Jonson.Blōat'ing, n. p. 142A state of being swelled or bloated; swelling; dilation.Blōb, n. p. 142A blunt end; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. [Wright.Blōb'ber, n. p. 142A bubble. [Low.] Carew.Blŏb'ber-lip, n. p. 142A thick lip. His blobber-lips and beetle-brows commend. Dryden.Blŏb'ber-lĭpped, a. p. 142Having thick lips. “A blobber-lipped shell.” Grew.Blŏck, n. p. 142A solid mass of wood, stone, &c., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces. “A shapeless block.” Everett. Now all our neighbors’ chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning.…Blŏck, v. t. p. 142To hinder egress or passage from or into; to stop; to obstruct by placing obstacles in the way; — often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor. With moles . . . would block the port. Rowe.…Block-āde', n. p. 142The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, so as to prevent ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies, with a view to compel a surrender from hunger and want, without regular attacks. “To…Block-āde', v. t. p. 142To shut up, as a town or fortress, by troops or ships, so as to compel a surrender from hunger and want; to confine; to shut in. “Blockaded the place by sea.” Gilpin. Till storm and driving ice…Block-ād'er, n. p. 142One who blockades.Block'head, n. p. 142A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read. With loads of learned lumber in his head. Pope.Blöck'hēad'ed, a. p. 142Stupid; dull.Blöck'hēad-ism, n. p. 142That which characterizes a blockhead. Reduced to that state of blockheadism which is so conspicuous in his master. Smart.Blöck'hēad-ly, a. p. 142Like a blockhead. “Some blockheadly hero.” Dryden.Blöck'-house, n. p. 142(Mil.) An edifice or structure of heavy timber or logs for military defense, having its sides loop-holed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or placed upon it…Blöck'ing, n. p. 142Blocks used to support any thing temporarily, as a building.Blöck'ing-cōurse, n. p. 142(Arch.) The finishing course of stones or brick erected on the upper part of a cornice. Ogilvie.Blŏck'ish, a. p. 142Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull. “Blockish Ajax.” Shak.Blŏck'ish-ly, adv. p. 142In a stupid manner. Harmar.Blöck'ish-ness, n. p. 142Stupidity; dullness. Holland.Blŏck'-like, a. p. 142Like a block; stupid.Blŏck'-ma-chine' or Blŏck'-ma-chin'er-y, n. p. 142A machine or machinery for manufacturing blocks for ships, &c. Weale.Blöck'-tīn, n. p. 142Tin, as it comes in blocks or ingots from the foundry. Brande.Blŏm’a-ry, n. p. 142(Manuf.) The first forge through which iron passes after it is melted from the ore.Blōnde, n. p. 142A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.Blōnde or Blōnd'-lāçe, n. p. 142A fine kind of lace made of silk. Simmonds.Blōnde, a. p. 142Of a fair color or complexion; fair; flaxen.Blōnk'et, a. p. 142Gray. [Obs.] “Our blonket liveries been all too sad.” Spenser.Blōod, n. p. 142The fluid which circulates through the arteries and veins of the human body, and of other animals. This fluid is generally red; but in the molluscous and inferior animals it is white or colorless…Blôod, v. t. p. 143To let blood from; to bleed. 2. To stain with blood. Reach out their spears afar, And blood their points to prove their partnership in war. Dryden. 3. To inure to blood, as a hound. It was important…Blôod, v. i. p. 143To be bled; to bleed. “Alack! let it blood.” Shak.Blōod'-băp'/tism, n. p. 143(Eccl. Hist.) The martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism.Blôod'-be-spôt'ted, a. p. 143Spotted with blood. Shak.Blōod'-bōl'tered, a. p. 143Sprinkled with blood, as from a sieve or bolter. [Obs.] “Blood-boltered Banquo smiles.” Shak.Blôod'-bought, a. p. 143Bought or obtained at the expense of life, or by the shedding of blood.Blôod'-brôth'er, n. p. 143Brother by blood or birth.Blôod'-dyed, a. p. 143Dyed with blood.Blôod'-flow'er, n. p. 143(Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows. Baird.Blôod'-frōz'en, a. p. 143Having the blood chilled. Spenser.Blôod'-full, a. p. 143Full of blood, spirit, or ardor. [Obs. and rare.] Marston.Blôod'-guilt'i-ness, n. p. 143The guilt or crime of shedding blood. “Deliver me from blood-guiltiness.” Ps. li. 14.Blôod'-guilt'y, a. p. 143Guilty of murder. “A blood-guilty life.” Fairfax.Blōod'-hēat, n. p. 143Heat equal to the temperature of blood, or about 98° Fahr.Blôod'-hôrse, n. p. 143A horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly-prized origin or stock.Blŏod'-hŏt, a. p. 143As warm as blood in its natural temperature.Blŏod'-hound, n. p. 143A variety of dog, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, remarkable for the acuteness of its smell, and employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, by tracing it by the…Blôod'i-ly, adv. p. 143In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.Blōod'i-ness, n. p. 143The state of being bloody. 2. Disposition to shed blood; blood-thirstiness. All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. Holland.Blōod'less, a. p. 143Without blood; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden. 2. Without shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Here may be seen, in bloodless pomp arrayed, The pasteboard…Blōod'less-ly, adv. p. 143Without bloodshed.Blŏod'lĕt, v. t. p. 143To bleed; to let blood. Arbuthnot.Blôod'-lêt'ter, n. p. 143One who lets blood, as in diseases; a phlebotomist.Blôod'-lĕt'ting, n. p. 143(Med.) The act of letting blood or bleeding by opening a vein; venesection. When blood is drawn by opening an artery, it is called arteriotomy. Dunglison.Blôod'-märked, a. p. 143Marked with blood.Blōod'-pud-ding, n. p. 143A pudding made with blood and other materials.Blôod'-rĕd, a. p. 143Red as blood.Blôod'-re-lā'tion, n. p. 143One connected by blood or descent.Blŏod'root, n. p. 143A plant so named from the color of its root; a species of Sanguinaria (S. Canadensis), called also puccoon, turmeric, red-root, and blood-wort. S. F. Baird. Bigelow.