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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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Blóod'y-hānd, n. p. 143A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacobs.Blōod'y-hŭnt'ing, a. p. 143Hunting for blood. Herod's bloody-hunting slaughtermen. Shak.Blood'y-mīnd'ed, a. p. 143Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; barbarous; inclined to shed blood. This bloody-minded colonel. Dryden.Blood'y-rĕd, a. p. 143Having the color of blood.Blood'y-sĕp'tered, a. p. 143Having a scepter obtained by blood or slaughter. Shak.Blood'y-swĕat, n. p. 143A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, which formerly prevailed in England and other countries.Bloom, n. p. 143A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. “The rich blooms of the tropics.” Prescott. 2. The opening of flowers in general; flowers open, or in a state of blossoming; as, the trees are…Blōom, v. i. p. 143To produce or yield blossoms; to flower. A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. Milton. 2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty…Blōom, v. t. p. 143To put forth as blossoms. [Obs.] Charitable affection bloomed them. Hooker.Blōom'a-ry, n. p. 143See BLOMARY.Bloom'er, n. p. 143A costume for ladies, consisting of a very short dress, with long, loose drawers gathered round the ankle, and a broad-brimmed hat. 2. A woman who wears such a costume.Blōom'ing, a. p. 143Opening in blossoms; flowering. He, ere one flowery season fades and dies, Designs the blooming wonders of the next. Cowper. 2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; showing the freshness and…Blōom'ing, n. p. 143(Manuf.) The process of making blooms, as of iron; — also called shingling. 2. A clouded appearance which varnish sometimes assumes upon the surface of a picture. Ogilvie.Blōom'ing-ly, adv. p. 143In a blooming manner; vigorously; freshly.Blōom'ing-ness, n. p. 143State of being blooming.Blōom'less, a. p. 143Without bloom.Blōom'y, a. p. 143Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray. But all the bloomy flush of life is fled. Goldsmith.Blōre, n. p. 143The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [Obs.] “A most tempestuous blore.” Chapman.Blŏs'som, n. p. 143The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages. ☞ The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is more…Blōs'som, v. i. p. 143To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. But when the month of March has blossomed. Tennyson. 2. To flourish and prosper. Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the…Blōs'som-ing, n. p. 143The blowing or flowering of plants.Blōs'som-y, a. p. 143Full of blossoms. The blossomy tree n'is neither dry nor dead. Chaucer.Blōt, v. t. p. 143To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. Gascoigne. 2. To stain with infamy; to tarnish; to disgrace; to disfigure. “Blot not thy innocence with…Blōt, n. p. 143A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur. Distinction lost, and gay variety One universal blot. Thomson. 2. An obliteration of something written or printed. Dryden. 3. A spot in reputation; a stain…Blŏtch, n. p. 144A pustule upon the skin; an eruption, usually of a large kind. The one might be employed in healing those blotches and tumors that break out in the body. Spectator. The blotch of Egypt upon him. Shak.Blōtched, a. p. 144Affected with blotches. To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton. 2. (Bot.) Having the color in coarse spots or blotches. Henslow.Blōtch'y, a. p. 144Having blotches.Blōte, v. t. p. 144To dry and smoke; as, to blote herrings.Blōt'ter, n. p. 144One who blots; that which blots. 2. (Com.) A waste-book, in which are registered all accounts or transactions in the order in which they take place.Blōt'ting-pā'per, n. p. 144A kind of paper made without size, serving to imbibe wet ink, and thus prevent blots.Blōt'ting-ly, adv. p. 144With blotting.Blouse or Blowse, n. p. 144A light, loose overgarment, worn especially by workingmen in France; hence, in the pl., the workingmen in France as a class.Blōw, n. p. 144(Bot.) (a.) A blossom; a flower. (b.) A mass, or bed of flowers. “A blow of tulips.”Blōw, n. p. 144The act of striking; more generally, the stroke; a violent application of the hand, fist, or an instrument, to an object. Well struck: there was blow for blow. Shak. That but this blow might be the…Blōw, v. i. p. 144To flower; to blossom; to bloom; as plants. How blows the citron grove! Milton. 2. To sustain, produce, or cause to blossom. The odorous banks that blow Flowers of . . . mingled hue. Milton.Blōw, v. i. p. 144To produce a current of air with the mouth; and hence, to move, as air; as, the wind blows. 2. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.…Blōw, v. t. p. 144To throw or drive a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire. 2. To drive by a current of air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore. Off at sea north-east…Blōw'ball, n. p. 144The downy head of the dandelion, formed by the pappus, after the blossom has fallen. B. Jonson.Blōw'en or Blōw'ess, n. p. 144A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low.] Smart.Blōw'er, n. p. 144One who blows; a smelter. 2. (Mech.) A contrivance for driving a current of air into something, as in furnaces, cotton-spinning, &c. 3. A steam-jet to exhaust partially a chimney and create a…Blōw'-fly, n. p. 144A fly of several different species, of the family Muscidæ, very troublesome in summer from their depositing eggs on flesh.Blōw'-hōle, n. p. 144A cavern in a cliff, at the water-level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity. Dana. 2. One of the…Blōw'ing-ma-chīne', n. p. 144(Mach.) A machine or engine for forcing a strong and continuous blast of air into a furnace. Tomlinson.Blōwn, p. a. p. 144Swelled; inflated. 2. Stale; worthless. 3. (Far.) Affected with disease of the stomach and bowels, caused by gorging with green food, from which gases are produced in large quantities; blasted. 4.…Blōw'-ōff-pīpe, n. p. 144A pipe at the foot of a steam-boiler, through which the sediment, &c., is driven out by the passage of steam.Blōw'-pīpe, n. p. 144An instrument by which a blast or current of air is driven through the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to direct the flame and concentrate the heat on some object. ☞— It is called a mouth blow-pipe…Blōw'-point, n. p. 144A kind of play among children. Donne.Blowse, n. p. 144See BLOUSE.Blōwth, n. p. 144Bloom or blossoms in general, or the state of blossoming. [Obs.] The seeds and effects ... were as yet but potential, and in the blowth and bud. Raleigh.Blōw'-vālve, n. p. 144(Mach.) The snifting-valve of a condensing steam-engine. Tomlinson.Blōw'y, a. p. 144Windy. [Rare.]Blowze, n. p. 144A ruddy, fat-faced woman. Shak.Blowzed, a. p. 144Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy. Huge women blowzed with health and wind and rain. Tennyson.Blow'zy, a. p. 144Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high-colored.Blāb, v. t. p. 144To swell. [Obs.]Blŭb'ber, n. p. 144A blobber, or bubble. [Obs.] At his mouth a blubber stood of foam. Chaucer. 2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals, from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over…Blŭb'ber, v. i. p. 144To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face. She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair. Swift. Hector's infant blubbered at a plume. E. B. Browning.Blŭb'ber, v. t. p. 144To swell or disfigure the face with weeping. Dear Chloe, how blubbered is that pretty face! Prior-Blŭb'bered, p. a. p. 144Swelled; big; turgid; as, a blubbered lip.Blŭb'ber-ing, n. p. 144The act of one who blubbers; the act of weeping violently. He spake well save that his blubbering interrupted him. Winthrop.