Webster's Dictionary 1913

3214

Blend (3)

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.

3215

Blend (4)

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

3216

Blende

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 galen...

3217

Blender

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

3218

Blending

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.

3219

Blendous

Blend″ous (�), a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, blende.

3220

Blendwater

Blend″wa′ter (�), n. A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected. Crabb.

3221

Blenheim spaniel

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.

3222

Blenk

Blenk, v. i. To blink; to shine; to look.

3223

Blennioid

{ Blen″ni‐oid (�), Blen″ni‐id (�), } a. [Blenny + -oid] (Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies.

3224

Blennogenous

Blen‐nog″e‐nous (�), a. [Gr. � mucus + -genous.] Generating mucus.

3225

Blennorrhea

‖Blen′nor‐rhe″a (�), n. [Gr. � mucus + � to flow.] (Med.) (a) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. (b) Gonorrhea. Dunglison.

3226

Blenny

Blen″ny (�), n.; pl.Blennies (�). [L. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. �, fr. � slime, mucus.] (Zoöl.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidæ; — so called from ...

3227

Blent

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.

3228

Blent (2)

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

3229

Blepharitis

‖Bleph′a‐ri″tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � eyelid + -ilis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the eyelids. — Bleph′a‐rit″ic (#), a.

3230

Blesbok

‖Bles″bok (�), n. [D., fr. bles a white spot on the forehead + bok buck.] (Zoöl.) A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.

3231

Bless

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 cons...

3232

Blessed

Bless″ed (blĕs″ĕd), a. 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode,And lay it lowly at his blessed feet.Mi...

3233

Blessed thistle

Bless″ed this″tle (�). See under Thistle.

3234

Blessedly

Bless″ed‐ly, adv. Happily; fortunately; joyfully.We shall blessedly meet again never to depart.Sir P. Sidney.

3235

Blessedness

Bless″ed‐ness, n. The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.The assurance of a future blessedness.Tillotson.Single blessedness, the...

3236

Blesser

Bless″er (�), n. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.

3237

Blessing

Bless″ing, n. [AS. bletsung. See Bless, v. t.] 1. The act of one who blesses.2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a be...

3238

Blest

Blest, a. Blessed. “This patriarch blest.” Milton.White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail.Trumbull.

3239

Blet

Blet (�), n. [F. blet, blette, a., soft from over ripeness.] A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.

3240

Blet (2)

Blet (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bletted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Bletting.] To decay internally when overripe; — said of fruit.