Webster's Dictionary 1913

3025

Blackpoll

Black″poll′ (�), n. [Black + poll head.] (Zoöl.) A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata).

3026

Blackroot

Black″root′, n.(Bot.) See Colicroot.

3027

Blacks

Blacks (�), n. pl. 1. The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press.2. Soot flying in the ai...

3028

Blacksalter

Black″salt′er (�), n. One who makes crude potash, or black salts.

3029

Blacksmith

Black″smith′ (�), n. [Black (in allusion to the color of the metal) + smith. Cf. Whitesmith.] 1. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc...

3030

Blackstrap

Black″strap′ (–străp), n. 1. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.Judd.2. Bad port wine; any common wine of ...

3031

Blacktail

Black″tail′ (�), n. [Black + tail.] 1. (Zoöl.) A fish; the ruff or pope.2. (Zoöl.) The black-tailed deer (Cervus orCariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule...

3032

Blackthorn

Black″thorn′ (�), n.(Bot.) (a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. (b)...

3033

Blackwater State

Black″wa′ter State. Nebraska; — a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.

3034

Blackwood

Black″wood (�), n. A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour.

3035

Blackwork

Black″work′ (�), n. Work wrought by blacksmiths; — so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight.

3036

Bladder

Blad″der (�), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl�dre, bl�ddre; akin to Icel. bla�ra, SW. bläddra, Dan. blære, D. blaar, OHG. blātara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter...

3037

Bladder (2)

Blad″der, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bladdered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bladdering.] 1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. G. Fletcher.2. To put up in bladders; as, bladdered ...

3038

Bladderwort

Blad″der‐wort′ (�), n.(Bot.) A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for min...

3039

Bladdery

Blad″der‐y (�), a. Having bladders; also, resembling a bladder.

3040

Blade

Blade (blād), n. [OE. blade, blad, AS. blæd leaf; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. blað, OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr. φύλλον. The root is prob. the s...

3041

Blade (2)

Blade (blād), v. t. To furnish with a blade.

3042

Blade (3)

Blade, v. i. To put forth or have a blade.As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is fadedAs ever in the Muses' garden bladed.P. Fletcher.

3043

Blade (4)

Blade, n. The flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip, or point.“Lower blade” implies, of course, the lower instead of the upper surface of the tongue. H. Sweet.

3044

Bladebone

Blade″bone′ (–bōn′), n. The scapula. See Blade, 4.

3045

Bladed

Blad″ed (blād″ĕd), a. 1. Having a blade or blades; as, a two-bladed knife.Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass.Shak.2. Divested of blades; as, bladed corn.3. (Min.) Compos...

3046

Bladefish

Blade″fish′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); the ribbon fish.

3047

Bladesmith

Blade″smith′ (�), n. A sword cutler.

3048

Blady

Blad″y (�), a. Consisting of blades. “Blady grass.” Drayton.

3049

Blæ

Blæ (�), a. [See Blue.] Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored.

3050

Blæberry

Blæ″ber‐ry (�), n. [Blæ + berry; akin to Icel blāber, Sw. bl�bär, D. blaabær. Cf. Blueberry.] The bilberry.

3051

Blague

‖Blague (blȧg), n. Mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug.