Blithesome
Blithe″some (–sŭm), a. Cheery; gay; merry.The blithesome sounds of wassail gay.Sir W. Scott.— Blithe″some‐ly, adv. — Blithe″some‐ness, n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Blive
Blive (blīv), adv. [A contraction of Belive.] Quickly; forthwith. Chaucer.
Blizzard
Bliz″zard (blĭz″zẽrd), n. [Cf. Blaze to flash. Formerly, in local use, a rattling volley; cf. “to blaze away” to fire away.] A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied ...
Bloat
Bloat (blōt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bloated; p. pr. & vb. n.Bloating.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw. blöt soft, blöta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and ...
Bloat (2)
Bloat, v. i. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot.
Bloat (3)
Bloat, a. Bloated. Shak.
Bloat (4)
Bloat, n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
Bloat (5)
Bloat, v. t. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
Bloated
Bloat″ed (blōt″ĕd), p. a. Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; ...
Bloatedness
Bloat″ed‐ness, n. The state of being bloated.
Bloater
Bloat″er (–ẽr), n. [See Bloat, Blote.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; — called also bloat herring.
Blob
Blob (blŏb), n. [See Bleb.] 1. Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. Wright.2. (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water f...
Blobber
Blob″ber (blŏb″bẽr), n. [See Blubber, Blub.] A bubble; blubber. T. Carew.Blobber lip, a thick, protruding lip.His blobber lips and beetle brows commend.Dryden.
Blobber-lipped
Blob″ber–lipped′ (–lĭpt′), a. Having thick lips. “A blobber-lipped shell.” Grew.
Blocage
‖Blo‐cage″ (�), n.(Arch.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
Block
Block (�), n. [OE. blok; cf. F. bloc (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan. blok, Sw. & G. block, OHG. bloch. There is also an OHG. bloch, biloh; bi by + the same root as that of E. lock. Cf. Bl...
Block (2)
Block (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blocked (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Blocking.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See Block, n.] 1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prev...
Block (3)
Block, n. 1. In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors.2. (Cricket) (a) The position of a playe...
Block book
Block″ book′ (�). A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
Block chain
Block chain. (Mach.) A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit ...
Block signal
Block signal. (Railroads) One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act...
Block system
Block system. (Railroads) A system by which the track is divided into short sections, as of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the guidance of electric, or combined e...
Block tin
Block″ tin′ (�). See under Tin.
Blockade
Block‐ade″ (�), n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See Block, v. t.] 1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of s...
Blockade (2)
Block‐ade″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blockaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Blockading.] 1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of prev...
Blockader
Block‐ad″er (�), n. 1. One who blockades.2. (Naut.) A vessel employed in blockading.
Blockage
Block″age (�), n. The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.