Chapter 168

The blazonry of Argyle. Lord Dufferin.

3. Artistic representation or display.

Blea <Xpage=154>

Blea (?) , n. The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

Bleaberry <Xpage=154>

Blea"ber*ry (?) , n. (Bot.) See Blaeberry .

Bleach <Xpage=154>

Bleach (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bleached (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleaching .] [OE. blakien , blechen , v. t. & v. i., AS. bl\'be cian , bl<?/can , to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja , Sw. bleka , Dan. blege , D. bleeken , G. bleichen , AS. bl\'bec pale. See Bleak , a. ] To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure.

Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. Smollett.

Bleach <Xpage=154>

Bleach , v. i. To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

Bleached <Xpage=154>

Bleached (?) , a. Whitened; make white.

Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron.

Bleacher <Xpage=154>

Bleach"er (?) , n. One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.

Bleachery <Xpage=154>

Bleach"er*y (?) , n. ; pl. Bleacheries (<?/) . A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.

Bleaching <Xpage=154>

Bleach"ing , n. The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.

Ure.

Bleaching powder , a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.

Bleak <Xpage=154>

Bleak (?) , a. [OE. blac , bleyke , bleche , AS. bl\'bec , bl<?/c , pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr , Sw. blek , Dan. bleg , OS. bl<?/k , D. bleek , OHG. pleih , G. bleich ; all from the root of AS. bl\'c6can to shine; akin to OHG. bl\'c6chen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. <?/ to burn, shine, Skr. bhr\'bej to shine, and E. flame . <?/98. Cf. Bleach , Blink , Flame .] 1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.]

When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. Foxe.

2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. Wordsworth.

At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. Longfellow.

3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast .

-- Bleak"ish , a. -- Bleak"ly , adv. -- Bleak"ness , n.

Bleak <Xpage=154>

Bleak , n. [From Bleak , a. , cf. Blay .] (Zo\'94l.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus) , of the family Cyprinid\'91; the blay. [Written also blick .]

&hand; The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls.

Baird.

Bleaky <Xpage=154>

Bleak"y (?) , a. Bleak. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Blear <Xpage=154>

Blear (?) , a. [See Blear , v .] 1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.

His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. Dryden.

2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.

Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion. Milton.

Blear <Xpage=154>

Blear , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bleared (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing .] [OE. bleren ; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren ; perh. from the same root as E. blink . See Blink , and cf. Blur .] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink.

That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. Cowper.

To blear the eye of , to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Bleared <Xpage=154>

Bleared (?) , a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- Blear"ed*ness (<?/) , n.

Dardanian wives, With bleared visages, come forth to view The issue of the exploit. Shak.

Bleareye <Xpage=154>

Blear"eye` (?) , n. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.

Dunglison.

Blear-eyed <Xpage=154>

Blear"-eyed` (?) , a. 1. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.

The blear-eyed Crispin. Drant.

2. Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot .

Bleareyedness <Xpage=154>

Blear"eyed`ness , n. The state of being blear-eyed.

Bleary <Xpage=154>

Blear"y (?) , a. Somewhat blear.

Bleat <Xpage=154>

Bleat (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bleated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleating .] [OE. bleten , AS. bl<?/tan ; akin to D. blaten , bleeten , OHG. bl\'bezan , pl\'bezan ; prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. Pope

The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats . Shak.

Bleat <Xpage=154>

Bleat , n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.

The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer.

Bleater <Xpage=154>

Bleat"er (?) , n. One who bleats; a sheep.

In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain Of gouty ails. Dyer.

Bleating <Xpage=154>

Bleat"ing , a. Crying as a sheep does.

Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow.

Bleating <Xpage=154>

Bleat"ing , n. The cry of, or as of, a sheep.

Chapman.

Bleb <Xpage=154>

Bleb (?) , n. [Prov. E. bleb , bleib , blob , bubble, blister. This word belongs to the root of blub , blubber , blabber , and perh. blow to puff.] A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.

Arsenic abounds with air blebs . Kirwan.

Blebby <Xpage=154>

Bleb"by (?) , a. Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass .

Bleck, Blek <Xpage=154>

Bleck , Blek (?) , v. t. To blacken; also, to defile. [Obs. or Dial.]

Wyclif.

Bled <Xpage=154>

Bled (?) , imp. & p. p. of Bleed .

Blee <Xpage=154>

Blee (?) , n. [AS. ble\'a2 , ble\'a2h .] Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form. [Archaic]

For him which is so bright of blee . Lament. of Mary Magd.

That boy has a strong blee of his father. Forby.

Bleed <Xpage=154>

Bleed (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bled (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding .] [OE. bleden , AS. bl<?/dan , fr. bl<?/d blood; akin to Sw. bl\'94da , Dan. bl\'94de , D. bloeden , G. bluten . See Blood .] 1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds ; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr . A. bleeds in fevers.

3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "C\'91sar must bleed ."

Shak.

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope.

4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.

For me the balm shall bleed . Pope.

5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded .

6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause . [Colloq.]

To make the heart bleed , to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.

Bleed <Xpage=154>

Bleed , v. t. 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.

A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller.

3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund . [Colloq.]

Bleeder <Xpage=154>

Bleed"er (?) , n. (Med.) (a) One who, or that which, draws blood. (b) One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding. <-- hemophiliac. -->

Bleeding <Xpage=154>

Bleed"ing , a. Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.

Bleeding <Xpage=154>

Bleed"ing , n. A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.

Blemish <Xpage=154>

Blem"ish (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blemished (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blemishing .] [OE. blemissen , blemishen , OF. blemir , blesmir , to strike, injure, soil, F. bl\'88mir to grow pale, fr. OF. bleme , blesme , pale, wan, F. bl\'88me , prob. fr. Icel bl\'beman the livid color of a wound, fr. bl\'ber blue; akin to E. blue . OF. blemir properly signifies to beat one (black and) blue, and to render blue or dirty. See Blue .] 1. To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything 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 soul. Brathwait.

2. To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.

There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys.

Blemish <Xpage=154>

Blem"ish , n. ; pl. Blemishes (<?/) . Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything; that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation.

He shall take two he lambs without blemish , and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. Lev. xiv. 10.

The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator.

Syn. -- Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault; taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace.

Blemishless <Xpage=154>

Blem"ish*less , a. Without blemish; spotless.

A life in all so blemishless . Feltham.

Blemishment <Xpage=154>

Blem"ish*ment (?) , n. The state of being blemished; blemish; disgrace; damage; impairment.

For dread of blame and honor's blemishment . Spenser.

Blench <Xpage=154>

Blench (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blenched (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blenching .] [OE. blenchen to blench, elude, deceive, AS. blencan to deceive; akin to Icel. blekkja to impose upon. Prop. a causative of blink to make to wink, to deceive. See Blink , and cf. 3d Blanch .] 1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

Blench not at thy chosen lot. Bryant.

This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment. Jeffrey.

2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]

Though sometimes you do blench from this to that. Shak.

Blench <Xpage=154>

Blench , v. t. 1. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.]

Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More.

2. To draw back from; to deny from fear. [Obs.]

He now blenched what before he affirmed. Evelyn.

Blench <Xpage=154>

Blench , n. A looking aside or askance. [Obs.]

These blenches gave my heart another youth. Shak.

Blench <Xpage=154>

Blench , v. i. & t. [See 1st Blanch .] To grow or make pale.

Barbour.

Blencher <Xpage=154>

Blench"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher . [Obs.]

2. One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back.

Blench holding <Xpage=154>

Blench" hold`ing . (Law) See Blanch holding .

Blend <Xpage=154>

Blend (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blending .] [OE. blenden , blanden , AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda , Sw. blanda , Dan. blande , OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.] 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.

Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. Percival.

2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Syn. -- To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.

Blend <Xpage=154>

Blend (?) , v. i. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.

There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality. Irving.

Blend <Xpage=154>

Blend , n. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.

Blend <Xpage=154>

Blend , v. t. [AS. blendan , from blind blind. See Blind , a. ] To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Blende <Xpage=154>

Blende (?) , n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive, fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling luster; or ( Dana ) because, though often resembling galena, it yields no lead. Cf. Sphalerite .] (Min.) (a) A mineral, called also sphalerite , and by miners mock lead , false galena , and black-jack . It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous. (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster.

Blender <Xpage=154>

Blend"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush, used in blending.

Blending <Xpage=154>

Blend"ing , n. 1. The 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.

Blendous <Xpage=154>

Blend"ous (?) , a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, blende.

Blendwater <Xpage=154>

Blend"wa`ter (?) , n. A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected.

Crabb.

Blenheim spaniel <Xpage=154>

Blen"heim span"iel (?) . [So called from Blenheim House , the seat of the duke of Marlborough, in England.] A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet.

Blenk <Xpage=154>

Blenk , v. i. To blink; to shine; to look. [Obs.]

Blennioid, Blenniid <Xpage=154>

Blen"ni*oid (?) , Blen"ni*id (?) , a. [ Blenny + -oid ] (Zo\'94l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies.

Blennogenous <Xpage=154>

Blen*nog"e*nous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ mucus + -genous .] Generating mucus.

Blennorrhea <Xpage=154>

Blen`nor*rhe"a (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ mucus + <?/ to flow.] (Med.) (a) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. (b) Gonorrhea.

Dunglison.

Blenny <Xpage=154>

Blen"ny (?) , n. ; pl. Blennies (#) . [L. blennius , blendius , blendea , Gr. <?/ , fr. <?/ slime, mucus.] (Zo\'94l.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniid\'91 ; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

Blent <Xpage=154>

Blent (?) , imp. & p. p. of Blend to mingle. Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.

Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent . Byron.

Blent <Xpage=154>

Blent , imp. & p. p. of Blend to blind. Blinded. Also ( Chaucer ), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth. [Obs.]

Blesbok <Xpage=154>

Bles"bok (?) , n. [D., fr. bles a white spot on the forehead + bok buck.] (Zo\'94l.) A South African antelope ( Alcelaphus albifrons ), having a large white spot on the forehead.

Bless <Xpage=154>

Bless (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blessed (#) or Blest ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blessing .] [OE. blessien , bletsen , AS. bletsian , bledsian , bloedsian , fr. bl<?/d blood; prob. originally to consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood .] 1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3.

2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.

The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Shak.

It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. 1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R. V. )

3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.

Bless them which persecute you. Rom. xii. 14.