Blunt (3)
Blunt, n. 1. A fencer's foil.2. A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.3. Money. Beaconsfield.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Blunt-witted
Blunt″–wit′ted (�), n. Dull; stupid.Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor!Shak.
Bluntish
Blunt″ish, a. Somewhat blunt. — Blunt″ish‐ness, n.
Bluntly
Blunt″ly, adv. In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay...
Bluntness
Blunt″ness, n. 1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles.Holland.2. Abruptness of address; rude plainne...
Blur
Blur (blûr), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blurred (blûrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Blurring.] [Prob. of same origin as blear. See Blear.] 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of conf...
Blur (2)
Blur (blûr), n. 1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it wors...
Blurry
Blur″ry (blûr″ry̆), a. Full of blurs; blurred.
Blurt
Blurt (blûrt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blurted; p. pr. & vb. n.Blurting.] [Cf. Blare.] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; — commonly with ou...
Blush
Blush (blŭsh) v. i. [imp. & p. p.Blushed (blŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n.Blushing.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, āblȳsian to blus...
Blush (2)
Blush, v. t. 1. To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.To blush and beautify the cheek again.Shak.2. To express or make known by blushing.I'll blush you thanks.Shak.
Blush (3)
Blush, n. 1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.The rosy blush of love.Trumbull.2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.L...
Blusher
Blush″er (blŭsh″ẽr), n. One that blushes.
Blushet
Blush″et (–ĕt), n. A modest girl. B. Jonson.
Blushful
Blush″ful (–fụl), a. Full of blushes.While from his ardent look the turning SpringAverts her blushful face.Thomson.
Blushing
Blush″ing, a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.The dappled pink and blushing rose.Prior.
Blushing (2)
Blush″ing, n. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.
Blushingly
Blush″ing‐ly, adv. In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.
Blushless
Blush″less, a. Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent.Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise.Dodsley.
Blushy
Blush″y (�), a. Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. “A blushy color.” Harvey.
Bluster
Blus″ter (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Blustered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, a...
Bluster (2)
Blus″ter, v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.He bloweth and blustereth out... his abominable blasphemy.Sir T. More.As if therewith he m...
Bluster (3)
Blus″ter, n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.To the winds they setTheir corners, when with bluster to confoundSea, air, and shore.Milt...
Blusterer
Blus″ter‐er (�), n. One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.
Blustering
Blus″ter‐ing, a. 1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous.A tempest and a blustering day.Shak.2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. “...
Blusteringly
Blus″ter‐ing‐ly, adv. In a blustering manner.
Blusterous
Blus″ter‐ous (�), a. Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. Motley.