Blowth
Blowth (�), n. [From Blow to blossom: cf. Growth.] A blossoming; a bloom. “In the blowth and bud.” Sir W. Raleigh.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Blowtube
Blow″tube′ (�), n. 1. A blowgun. Tylor.2. A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.3. (Glassmaking) A long wrought...
Blowy
Blow″y (�), a. Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.
Blowze
Blowze (�), n. [Prob. from the same root as blush.] A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. Shak.
Blowzed
Blowzed (�), a. Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.Huge women blowzed with health and wind.Tennyson.
Blowzy
Blowz″y (�), a. Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy.
Blub
Blub (�), v. t. & i. [Cf. Bleb, Blob.] To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.
Blubber
Blub″ber (�), n. [See Blobber, Blob, Bleb.]1. A bubble.At his mouth a blubber stood of foam.Henryson.2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained....
Blubber (2)
Blub″ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Blubbered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blubbering.] To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.She wept, she blubbered, and...
Blubber (3)
Blub″ber, v. t. 1. To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face!Prior.2. To give vent to (tears) or utter (broke...
Blubbered
Blub″bered (�), p. p. & a. Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip. Spenser.
Blubbering
Blub″ber‐ing, n. The act of weeping noisily.He spake well save that his blubbering interrupted him.Winthrop.
Blubbery
Blub″ber‐y (�), a. 1. Swollen; protuberant.2. Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass.
Blucher
Blu″cher (blū″kẽr), n. A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Blücher. Thackeray.
Bludgeon
Bludg″eon (�), n. [Cf. Ir. blocan a little block, Gael. plocan a mallet, W. plocyn, dim. of ploc block; or perh. connected with E. blow a stroke. Cf. Block, Blow a stroke.] A sh...
Blue
Blue (blū), a. [Compar.Bluer (–ẽr); superl.Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.blār livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. blå, D. blauw, OHG. blāo, G. blau; ...
Blue (2)
Blue (blū), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling...
Blue (3)
Blue, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blued (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bluing.] To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
Blue bonnet
{ Blue″ bon′net or Blue″–bon′net } (�), n. 1. A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap; a Scotchman.2. (Bot.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle.3. (Zoöl.) Th...
Blue book
Blue″ book′ (�). 1. A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers.2. The United States official “Biennial Register.”
Blue grass
Blue″ grass′ (�). (Bot.) A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pra...
Blue Hen State
Blue Hen State. The State of Delaware; — a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to have taken its origin from the insistence of a Delaware Revolutionary ...
Blue jay
Blue″ jay′ (�). (Zoöl.) The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.
Blue-eye
Blue″–eye′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.
Blue-eyed
Blue″–eyed′ (�), a. Having blue eyes.
Blue-eyed grass
Blue–eyed grass (�) (Bot.) a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.
Blue-grass State
Blue–grass State. The Sate of Kentucky; — a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.