BLUNTNESS
BLUNT'NESS, noun Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.1. Coarseness of address; roughness of manners, rude sincerity or plainness.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BLUNTWITTED
BLUNT'WITTED, adjective [blunt and wit.] Dull; stupid.
BLUR
BLUR, noun [Latin luridus.] A dark spot; a stain; a blot, whether upon paper or other substance, or upon reputation.BLUR, verb transitive To obscure by a dark spot, or by any fo...
BLURRED
BLUR'RED, participle passive Darkened or stained; obscured.
BLURRING
BLUR'RING, participle present tense Darkening or staining; spotting.
BLURT
BLURT, verb transitive [Allied probably to flirt, to throw.]To throw out, or throw at random, hastily, or unadvisedly; to utter suddenly or inadvertently; commonly with out, and...
BLUSH
BLUSH, verb intransitive1. To redden in the cheeks or face; to be suddenly suffused with a red color in the cheeks or face, from a sense of guilt, shame, confusion, modesty, dif...
BLUSHET
BLUSH'ET, noun A young modest girl. [Not used.]
BLUSHING
BLUSH'ING, participle present tense Reddening in the cheeks or face; bearing a bright color.
BLUSHLESS
BLUSH'LESS, adjective Unblushing; past blushing; impudent.
BLUSHY
BLUSH'Y, adjective Like a blush; having the color of a blush.
BLUSTER
BLUS'TER, verb intransitive [Probably allied to blaze, blast.]1. To be loud, noisy or swaggering; to bully; to purr; to swagger; as a turbulent or boasting person.2. To roar, an...
BLUSTERER
BLUS'TERER, noun A swaggerer; a bully; a noisy, tumultuous fellow, who makes great pretensions from vanity.
BLUSTERING
BLUS'TERING, participle present tense Making a noise; puffing; boasting.BLUS'TERING, adjective Noisy; tumultuous; windy.
BLUSTROUS
BLUS'TROUS, adjective Noisy; tumultuous; boastful.
BO
BO, exclamation A word of terror; a customary sound uttered by children to frighten their fellows.
BOA
BO'A, noun A genus of serpents, of the class Amphibia, the characters of which are, the belly and tail are furnished with scuta. It includes the largest species of serpent, the ...
BOAR
BOAR, noun [Latin aper, and verres.] The male of swine not castrated.
BOAR-SPEAR
BOAR-SPEAR, noun A spear used in hunting boars.BOAR, verb intransitive The manege, a horse is said to boar, when he shoots out his nose, raising it as high as his ears, and toss...
BOARD
BOARD, noun1. A piece of timber sawed thin and of considerable length and breadth, compared with the thickness, used for building and other purposes.2. A table. The table of our...
BOARD-LOAD
BOARD-LOAD, noun [bord and load.] The service required of a tenant to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house; also, the quantity of provision paid by a bord-man for bor...
BOARD-WAGES
BOARD-WAGES, noun Wages allowed to servants to keep themselves in victuals.
BOARDABLE
BOARDABLE, adjective That may be boarded, as a ship.
BOARDED
BOARDED, participle passive Covered with boards; entered by armed men, as a ship; furnished with food for a compensation.
BOARDER
BOARDER, noun One who has food or diet and lodging in another's family for a reward.1. One who boards a ship in action; one who is selected to board ships.
BOARDING
BOARDING, participle present tense Covering with boards; entering a ship by force; furnishing or receiving board, as a lodger, for a reward.
BOARDING-SCHOOL
BOARDING-SCHOOL, noun A school, the scholars of which board with the teacher.