Webster's Dictionary 1828

1702

BLASPHEMING

BLASPHE'MING, participle present tense Uttering impious or reproachful words concerning God.

1703

BLASPHEMOUS

BLAS'PHEMOUS, adjective Containing blasphemy; calumnious; impiously irreverent or reproachful towards God.

1704

BLASPHEMOUSLY

BLAS'PHEMOUSLY, adverb Impiously; with impious irreverence to God.

1705

BLASPHEMY

BLAS'PHEMY, noun An indignity offered to God by words or writing; reproachful, contemptuous or irreverent words uttered impiously against Jehovah.Blasphemy is an injury offered ...

1706

BLAST

BL'AST, verb transitive [Literally, to strike.] To make to wither by some pernicious influence, as too much heat or moisture, or other destructive cause; or to check growth and ...

1707

BLASTED

BL'ASTED, participle passive Affected by some cause that checks growth, injures, impairs, destroys, or renders abortive; split by an explosion of gunpowder.

1708

BLASTER

BL'ASTER, noun He or that which blasts or destroys.

1709

BLASTING

BL'ASTING, participle present tense Affecting by a blast; preventing from coming to maturity; frustrating; splitting by an explosion of gun powder.BL'ASTING, noun A blast; destr...

1710

BLASTMENT

BL'ASTMENT, noun Blast; sudden stroke of some destructive cause. [Superseded by blast and blasting.]

1711

BLATANT

BLA'TANT, adjective [See Bleat.] Bellowing as a calf. [Not used.]

1712

BLATTER

BLAT'TER, verb intransitive [from the root of bleat.]To make a senseless noise.

1713

BLATTERER

BLAT'TERER, noun A noisy blustering boaster. [Not used.]

1714

BLAY

BLAY, noun [See Bleak.] A small river fish, the bleak.

1715

BLAZE

BLAZE, noun [Eng.to blush.]1. Flame; the stream of light and heat from any body when burning, proceeding from the combustion of inflammable gas.2. Publication; wide diffusion of...

1716

BLAZED

BLA'ZED, participle passive Published far and wide.

1717

BLAZER

BLA'ZER, noun One who publishes and spreads reports.

1718

BLAZING

BLA'ZING, participle present tense Flaming; publishing far and wide.BLA'ZING, adjective Emitting flame, or light; as a blazing star.

1719

BLAZING-STAR

BLAZ'ING-STAR, noun A comet; a star that is accompanied with a coma or train of light.

1720

BLAZON

BLA'ZON, verb transitive bla'zn.1. To explain, in proper terms, the figures on ensigns armorial.2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.3...

1721

BLAZONED

BLA'ZONED, participle passive Explained, deciphered in the manner of heralds; published abroad; displayed pompously.

1722

BLAZONER

BLA'ZONER, noun One that blazons; a herald; an evil speaker, or propagator of scandal.

1723

BLAZONING

BLA'ZONING, participle present tense Explaining, describing as heralds; showing; publishing; blazing abroad; displaying.

1724

BLAZONRY

BLA'ZONRY, noun The art of describing coats of arms, in proper terms.

1725

BLEA

BLEA, noun The part of a tree, which lies immediately under the bark.

1726

BLEACH

BLEACH, verb transitive [Eng. bleak.]To whiten; to make white or whiter; to take out color; applied to many things, but particularly to cloth and thread. Bleaching is variously ...

1727

BLEACHED

BLE'ACHED, participle passive Whitened; made white.

1728

BLEACHER

BLE'ACHER, noun One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten cloth.