Blue-john
Blue″–john′ (�), n. A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Blue-skylaw
Blue″–sky″law′. A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a f...
Blue-veined
Blue″–veined′ (�), a. Having blue veins or blue streaks.
Blueback
Blue″back′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. (b) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward. (c) An Americ...
Bluebeard
Blue″beard (�), n. The hero of a mediæval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found t...
Bluebell
Blue″bell′ (�), n.(Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell. (b) A plant of the genus ...
Blueberry
Blue″berry (�), n. [Cf. Blaeberry.] (Bot.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minut...
Bluebill
Blue″bill′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.
Bluebird
Blue″bird′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with...
Bluebottle
Blue″bot′tle (�), n. 1. (Bot.) A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.2. (Zoöl.) A large and troublesom...
Bluebreast
Blue″breast′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler.
Bluecap
Blue″cap′ (�), n. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) The bluepoll. (b) The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.2. A Scot; a Scotchman; — so named from wearing a blue bonnet. Shak.
Bluecoat
Blue″coat′ (�), n. One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc.
Bluefin
Blue″fin′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan.
Bluefish
Blue″fish′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidæ, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the N...
Bluegown
Blue″gown′ (�), n. One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a ...
Bluely
Blue″ly, adv. With a blue color. Swift.
Blueness
Blue″ness, n. The quality of being blue; a blue color. Boyle.
Bluenose
Blue″nose (�), n. A nickname for a Nova Scotian.
Bluenose (2)
Blue″nose′ (?), n. A Nova Scotian; also, a Nova Scotian ship (called also Blue"nos`er (�)); a Nova Scotian potato, etc.
Bluepoll
Blue″poll′ (�), n. [Blue + poll head.] (Zoöl.) A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales.
Blueprint
Blue″print. See under Print.
Bluestocking
Blue″stock′ing (�), n. 1. A literary lady; a female pedant.☞ As explained in Boswell's “Life of Dr. Johnson”, this term is derived from the name given to certain meetings held b...
Bluestockingism
Blue″stock′ing‐ism (�), n. The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
Bluestone
Blue″stone′ (�), n. 1. Blue vitriol. Dunglison.2. A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.
Bluethroat
Blue″throat′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; — called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warb...
Bluets
Blu″ets (�), n. [F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See Blue, a.] (Bot.) A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia cœrulea, the...