Blindman's buff
Blind″man's buff″ (�). [See Buff a buffet.] A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is.Surely he fancies I play at ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Blindman's holiday
Blind′man's hol″i‐day (�). The time between daylight and candle light.
Blindness
Blind″ness (�), n. State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. Darwin.Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. See Daltonism.
Blindstory
Blind″sto′ry (�), n.(Arch.) The triforium as opposed to the clearstory.
Blindworm
Blind″worm′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; — formerly a name fo...
Blink
Blink (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Blinked (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blinking.] [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka, G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shi...
Blink (2)
Blink, v. t. 1. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.2. To trick; to deceive. Jamieson.
Blink (3)
Blink, n. [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i.] 1. A glimpse or glance.This is the first blink that ever I had of him.Bp. Hall.2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. Sir W. Scott.Not a blink of li...
Blink beer
Blink″ beer′ (�) Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp. Crabb.
Blink-eyed
Blink″–eyed′ (�), a. Habitually winking. Marlowe.
Blinkard
Blink″ard (�), n. [Blind + -ard.] 1. One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes.Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns.Marvell.2. That which twinkles or glances, as a dim ...
Blinker
Blink″er (�), n. 1. One who, or that which, blinks.2. A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever ...
Blirt
Blirt (�), n.(Naut.) A gust of wind and rain. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Bliss
Bliss (blĭs), n.; pl.Blisses (blĭs″ĕz). [OE. blis, blisse, AS. blis, blīðs, fr. blīðe blithe. See Blithe.] Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness;...
Blissful
Bliss″ful (�), a. Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree. “Blissful solitude.” Milton. — Bliss″ful‐ly, adv. — Bliss″ful‐ness, n.
Blissless
Bliss″less, a. Destitute of bliss. Sir P. Sidney.
Blissom
Blis″som (�), v. i. [For blithesome: but cf. also Icel. bl�sma of a goat at heat.] To be lustful; to be lascivious.
Blissom (2)
Blis″som, a. Lascivious; also, in heat; — said of ewes.
Blister
Blis″ter (�), n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.] 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whe...
Blister (2)
Blis″ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Blistered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blistering.] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.Let my tongue blister.Shak.
Blister (3)
Blis″ter, v. t. 1. To raise a blister or blisters upon.My hands were blistered.Franklin.2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.This tyrant, whose sole name blister...
Blistery
Blis″ter‐y (�), a. Full of blisters. Hooker.
Blite
Blite (blīt), n. [L. blitum, Gr. βλίτον.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite.
Blithe
Blithe (blīt͡h), a. [AS. blīðe blithe, kind; akin to Goth. bleiþs kind, Icel. blīðr mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, OHG. blīdi kind, blithe.] Gay; merry; ...
Blitheful
Blithe″ful (blīt͡h″fụl), a. Gay; full of gayety; joyous.
Blithely
Blithe″ly, adv. In a blithe manner.
Blitheness
Blithe″ness, n. The state of being blithe. Chaucer.