English Dictionary: blick | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From {Bleak}, a., cf. {Blay}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}), of the family Cyprinid[91]; the blay. [Written also {blick}.] Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fulguration \Ful"gu*ra`tion\, n. [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration.] 1. The act of lightening. [R.] --Donne. 2. (Assaying) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called {blick}. A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. --Ure. |