Webster's Dictionary 1828

1675

BLAMELESSLY

BLA'MELESSLY, adverb Innocently; without fault or crime.

1676

BLAMELESSNESS

BLA'MELESSNESS, noun Innocence; a state of being not worthy of censure.

1677

BLAMER

BLA'MER, noun One who blames, finds fault or censures.

1678

BLAMEWORTHINESS

BLA'MEWORTHINESS, noun The quality of deserving censure.

1679

BLAMEWORTHY

BLA'MEWORTHY, adjective [blame and worthy.] Deserving blame; censurable; culpable; reprehensible.

1680

BLAMING

BLA'MING, participle present tense Censuring; finding fault.

1681

BLANC-MANGER

BLANC-MANGER, pronoun blomonge. In cookery, a preparation of dissolved isinglass, milk, sugar, cinnamon, etc., boiled into a thick consistence, and garnished for the table with ...

1682

BLANCARD

BLANC'ARD, noun A kind of linen cloth, manufactured in Normandy, so called because the thread is half blanched before it is woven.

1683

BLANCH

BL'ANCH, verb transitive1. To whiten; to take out the color, and make white; to obliterate.2. To slur; to balk; to pass over; that is to avoid; to make empty.3. To strip or peel...

1684

BLANCHED

BL'ANCHED, participle passive Whitened.

1685

BLANCHER

BL'ANCHER, noun One who whitens; also, one who anneals, and cleanses money.

1686

BLANCHIMETER

BLANCHIM'ETER, noun [blanch, and Gr. measure.]An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of oxymuriate [chloride] of lime, and potash.

1687

BLANCHING

BL'ANCHING, participle present tense Whitening. In coinage, the operation of giving brightness to pieces of silver, by heating them on a peel, and afterwards boiling them succes...

1688

BLAND

BLAND, adjective [Latin blandus.] Mild; soft; gentle; as bland words; bland zephyrs.

1689

BLANDILOQUENCE

BLANDIL'OQUENCE, noun [Latin blandus, mild, and loquor, to speak.]Fair, mild, flattering speech.

1690

BLANDISH

BLAND'ISH, verb transitive [Latin blandior; Old Eng. blandise.]To soften; to caress; to flatter by kind words or affectionate actions.

1691

BLANDISHER

BLAND'ISHER, noun One that flatters with soft words.

1692

BLANDISHING

BLAND'ISHING,, participle present tense Soothing or flattering with fair words.BLAND'ISHING, noun Blandishment.

1693

BLANDISHMENT

BLAND'ISHMENT, noun Soft words; kind speeches; caresses; expression of kindness; words or actions expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart.

1694

BLANK

BLANK, adjective1. Void; empty; consequently white; as a blank paper.2. White or pale; as the blank moon.3. Pale from fear or terror; hence confused; confounded; dispirited; dej...

1695

BLANKED

BLANK'ED, participle passive Confused; dispirited.

1696

BLANKET

BLANK'ET, noun1. A cover for a bed, made of coarse wool loosely woven, and used for securing against cold. Blankets are used also by soldiers, and seamen, for covering.2. A kind...

1697

BLANKETING

BLANK'ETING, participle present tense Tossing in a blanket.BLANK'ETING, noun The punishment of tossing in a blanket.1. Cloth for blankets.

1698

BLANKLY

BLANK'LY, adverb In a blank manner; with paleness or confusion.

1699

BLARE

BLARE, verb intransitive [Latin ploro, to dry out, to bawl, to weep.]1. To roar; to bellow. [Little used.]2. To sweal or melt away, as a candle.This is, I believe, usually calle...

1700

BLASPHEME

BLASPHE'ME, verb transitive [Gr. The first syllable is the same as in blame, blasme, denoting injury; Latin loedo, loesus; The last syllable is the Gr., to speak.]1. To speak of...

1701

BLASPHEMER

BLASPHE'MER, noun One who blasphemes; one who speaks of God in impious and irreverent terms. 1 Timothy 1:13.