English Dictionary: blear-eyed | by the DICT Development Group |
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Bellwort \Bell"wort"\, n. (Bot.) A genus of plants ({Uvularia}) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers. | |
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Belord \Be*lord"\, v. t. 1. To act the lord over. 2. To address by the title of [bd]lord[b8]. | |
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Billard \Bil"lard\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [Written also {billet} and {billit}.] | |
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Billiard \Bil"liard\, a. Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. [bd]Smooth as is a billiard ball.[b8] --B. Jonson. | |
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Billiards \Bil"liards\, n. [F. billiard billiards, OF. billart staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See {Billet} a stick.] A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished. | |
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Blare \Blare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaring}.] [OE. blaren, bloren, to cry, woop; cf. G. pl[84]rren to bleat, D. blaren to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative word, but cf. also E. blast. Cf. {Blore}.] To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. [bd]The trumpet blared.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Blear \Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blearing}.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See {Blink}, and cf. {Blur}.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. --Cowper. {To blear the eye of}, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Bleared \Bleared\, a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- {Blear"ed*ness}, n. Dardanian wives, With bleared visages, come forth to view The issue of the exploit. --Shak. | |
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Bleared \Bleared\, a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- {Blear"ed*ness}, n. Dardanian wives, With bleared visages, come forth to view The issue of the exploit. --Shak. | |
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Blear-eyed \Blear"-eyed`\, a. 1. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted. The blear-eyed Crispin. --Drant. 2. Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot. | |
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Bleareyedness \Blear"eyed`ness\, n. The state of being blear-eyed. | |
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Blirt \Blirt\, n. (Naut.) A gust of wind and rain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Blur \Blur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blurring}.] [Prob. of same origin as blear. See {Blear}.] 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. --Shak. 2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. --J. R. Drake. 3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. --Hudibras. Syn: To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully. | |
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Blurt \Blurt\ (bl[ucir]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blurted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blurting}.] [Cf. {Blare}.] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out. Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they forced to eat. --Hakewill. {To blurt at}, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Blurt \Blurt\ (bl[ucir]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blurted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blurting}.] [Cf. {Blare}.] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out. Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they forced to eat. --Hakewill. {To blurt at}, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Blurt \Blurt\ (bl[ucir]rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blurted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blurting}.] [Cf. {Blare}.] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out. Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they forced to eat. --Hakewill. {To blurt at}, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. {Spar deck}. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak. 5. A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. {Between decks}. See under {Between}. {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. | |
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Bollard \Bol"lard\, n. [Cf. {Bole} the stem of a tree, and {Pollard}.] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. {Bollard timber} (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. | |
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Bollard \Bol"lard\, n. [Cf. {Bole} the stem of a tree, and {Pollard}.] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. {Bollard timber} (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. | |
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Bullwort \Bull"wort`\, n. (Bot.) See {Bishop's-weed}. | |
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Ballard, CA Zip code(s): 93463 Ballard, UT (town, FIPS 3345) Location: 40.28433 N, 109.94696 W Population (1990): 644 (209 housing units) Area: 52.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Ballard, WV Zip code(s): 24918 | |
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Ballard County, KY (county, FIPS 7) Location: 37.06421 N, 89.00223 W Population (1990): 7902 (3553 housing units) Area: 650.5 sq km (land), 58.1 sq km (water) | |
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Bel-Ridge, MO (village, FIPS 4366) Location: 38.71405 N, 90.32790 W Population (1990): 3199 (1300 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Blue Earth, MN (city, FIPS 6688) Location: 43.63909 N, 94.09982 W Population (1990): 3745 (1644 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56013 | |
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Blue Earth County, MN (county, FIPS 13) Location: 44.03280 N, 94.06363 W Population (1990): 54044 (20358 housing units) Area: 1948.7 sq km (land), 35.1 sq km (water) | |
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Blue Ridge, AL (CDP, FIPS 7588) Location: 32.49248 N, 86.19062 W Population (1990): 1151 (439 housing units) Area: 20.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Blue Ridge, GA (city, FIPS 8928) Location: 34.86408 N, 84.32701 W Population (1990): 1336 (645 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30513 Blue Ridge, TX (town, FIPS 8872) Location: 33.29837 N, 96.39994 W Population (1990): 521 (234 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75424 Blue Ridge, VA (CDP, FIPS 8200) Location: 37.38347 N, 79.82015 W Population (1990): 2840 (1017 housing units) Area: 16.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24064 | |
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Blue Ridge Manor, KY (city, FIPS 7858) Location: 38.24487 N, 85.56418 W Population (1990): 565 (278 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Blue Ridge Summi, PA Zip code(s): 17214 | |
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Bullard, TX (town, FIPS 11212) Location: 32.14111 N, 95.31914 W Population (1990): 890 (371 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |