blarney : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blarney	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for blarney
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blarney n flattery designed to gain favor [syn: blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk] v influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" Synonym(s): wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet- talk, inveigle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blarney \Blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[ycr]), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] {Blarney stone}, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blarney \Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blarneyed} (-n[icr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blarneying}.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. [bd]Blarneyed the landlord.[b8] --Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich.