Blockhead
Block″head′ (�), n. [Block + head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,With loads of learned lumber in his head....
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Blockheaded
Block″head′ed, a. Stupid; dull.
Blockheadism
Block″head‐ism (�), n. That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity. Carlyle.
Blockhouse
Block″house′ (�), n. [Block + house: cf. G. blockhaus.] 1. (Mil.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry,...
Blocking
Block″ing, n. 1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
Blocking course
Block″ing course′ (�). (Arch.) The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.
Blockish
Block″ish, a. Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull. “Blockish Ajax.” Shak. — Block″ish‐ly, adv. — Block″ish‐ness, n.
Blocklike
Block″like′ (�), a. Like a block; stupid.
Bloedite
Bloe″dite (�), n. [From the chemist Blöde.] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.
Blolly
Blol″ly (?), n.(Bot.) (a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a hard, 10-ribbed fruit. (b) The rubiaceou...
Blomary
Blom″a‐ry (�), n. See Bloomery.
Bloncket
{ Blonc″ket, Blon″ket } (�), a. [OF. blanquet whitish, dim. of blanc white. Cf. Blanket.] Gray; bluish gray.Our bloncket liveries been all too sad.Spenser.
Blond
{ Blond, Blonde } (�), a. [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See Blend...
Blond metal
Blond″ met′al (�). A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools.
Blonde (2)
Blonde (�), n. 1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. [Written also blond.]2. A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now som...
Blondness
Blond″ness, n. The state of being blond. G. Eliot.
Blood
Blood (blŭd), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. blōd; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. blōþ, Icel. blōð, Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See Blo...
Blood (2)
Blood (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blooded; p. pr. & vb. n.Blooding.] 1. To bleed. Cowper.2. To stain, smear or wet, with blood.Reach out their spears afar,And blood their points.Dry...
Blood money
Blood″ mon′ey (�). 1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; — said of a rew...
Blood vessel
Blood″ ves′sel (�). (Anat.) Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
Blood-boltered
Blood″–bol′tered (�), a. [Blood + Prov. E. bolter to mat in tufts. Cf. Balter.] Having the hair matted with clotted blood.The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me.Shak.
Blood-shotten
Blood″–shot′ten (�), a. Bloodshot.
Bloodbird
Blood″bird′ (blŭd″bẽrd′), n.(Zoöl.) An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); — so called from the bright red color of the male bird.
Blooded
Blood″ed, a. Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.☞ Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition ...
Bloodflower
Blood″flow′er (�), n.(Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots...
Bloodguilty
Blood″guilt′y (�), a. Guilty of murder or bloodshed. “A bloodguilty life.” Fairfax. — Blood″guilt′i‐ness (�), n. — Blood″guilt′less, a.
Bloodhound
Blood″hound′ (–hound′), n. A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or pr...