Blandiloquous
{ Blan‐dil″o‐quous (�), Blan‐di‐lo″qui‐ous (�), } a. Fair-spoken; flattering.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Blandise
Blan″dise (�), v. i. [Same word as Blandish.] To blandish any one. Chaucer.
Blandish
Blan″dish (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blandished (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blandishing.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.] 1. To flatter with ki...
Blandisher
Blan″dish‐er (�), n. One who uses blandishments.
Blandishment
Blan″dish‐ment (�), n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful ca...
Blandly
Bland″ly (�), adv. In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
Blandness
Bland″ness, n. The state or quality of being bland.
Blank
Blank (�), a. [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. �98....
Blank (2)
Blank (�), n. 1. Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.I can not write a paper full...
Blank (3)
Blank, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blanked (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blanking.] [Cf. 3d Blanch.] 1. To make void; to annul. Spenser.2. To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to disp...
Blanket
Blan″ket (�), n. [F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop. white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind o...
Blanket (2)
Blan″ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blanketed; p. pr. & vb. n.Blanketing.] 1. To cover with a blanket.I'll... blanket my loins.Shak.2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.We'll h...
Blanket clause
Blan″ket clause′. (Law) A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden...
Blanket mortgage
{ Blanket mortgageorpolicy }. One that covers a group or class of things or properties instead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where a mortgage secures various ...
Blanket stitch
Blanket stitch. A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to hem.
Blanketing
Blan″ket‐ing, n. 1. Cloth for blankets.2. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of.Smollett.
Blankly
Blank″ly (�), adv. 1. In a blank manner; without expression; vacuously; as, to stare blankly. G. Eliot.2. Directly; flatly; point blank. De Quincey.
Blankness
Blank″ness, n. The state of being blank.
Blanquette
‖Blan‐quette″ (�), n. [F. blanquette, from blanc white.] (Cookery) A white fricassee.
Blanquillo
‖Blan‐quil″lo (�), n. [Sp. blanquillo whitish.] (Zoöl.) A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow.
Blare
Blare (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Blared (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blaring.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G. plärren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative ...
Blare (2)
Blare, v. t. To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.To blare its own interpretation.Tennyson.
Blare (3)
Blare, n. The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.With blare of bugle, clamor of men.Tennyson.His ears ar...
Blarney
Blar″ney (blär″ny̆), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kis...
Blarney (2)
Blar″ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blarneyed (–nĭd); p. pr. & vb. n.Blarneying.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. “Blarneyed the...
Blasé
‖Bla‐sé″ (blȧ‐zā̍″), a. [F., p. p. of blaser.] Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.
Blaspheme
Blas‐pheme″ (blăs‐fēm″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blasphemed (–fēmd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Blaspheming.] [OE. blasfemēn, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. βλασφημει̑ν: cf. F. blasphémer. See Blame, ...