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Balaenidae
n 1: right whales [syn: {Balaenidae}, {family Balaenidae}]

English Dictionary: blunt	by the DICT Development Group
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Balanidae n stalkless barnacles Synonym(s): Balanidae, family Balanidae
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balanitis n inflammation of the head of the penis
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ball and chain n heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain
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ball nettle n coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States Synonym(s): horse nettle, ball nettle, bull nettle, ball nightshade, Solanum carolinense
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ball-and-socket joint n a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone Synonym(s): ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea a joint that can rotate within a socket
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be all and end all n the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business" Synonym(s): be-all and end-all, be all and end all
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be-all and end-all n the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business" Synonym(s): be-all and end-all, be all and end all
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Bel and the Dragon n an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
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belemnite n a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae
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belemnitic adj of or relating to belemnites
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Belemnitidae n family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods [syn: Belemnitidae, family Belemnitidae]
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Belemnoidea n order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas Synonym(s): Belemnoidea, order Belemnoidea
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bell metal n bronze with 3 or 4 parts copper to 1 part tin; used in making bells
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Belonidae n ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars Synonym(s): Belonidae, family Belonidae
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billion-dollar grass n coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States Synonym(s): Japanese millet, billion-dollar grass, Japanese barnyard millet, sanwa millet, Echinochloa frumentacea
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billionth adj the ordinal number of one billion in counting order n position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things one part in a billion equal parts Synonym(s): one-billionth, billionth
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Billy Mitchell n United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) Synonym(s): Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell
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blamed adj expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
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bland adj lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" Synonym(s): bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" Synonym(s): bland, flat smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" Synonym(s): politic, smooth, suave, bland
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bland diet n a diet of foods that are not irritating; "he ate a bland diet because of his colitis" Synonym(s): bland diet, ulcer diet
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Blandfordia n small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs [syn: Blandfordia, genus Blandfordia]
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blandish v praise somewhat dishonestly Synonym(s): flatter, blandish Antonym(s): belittle, disparage, pick at
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blandishment n flattery intended to persuade [syn: blandishment, cajolery, palaver] the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery Synonym(s): blandishment, wheedling
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blandly adv in a bland manner; "his blandly incompetent attempts"
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blandness n the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern; "the blandness of his confession enraged the judge" lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property Synonym(s): blandness, insipidity, insipidness the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner Synonym(s): suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness
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Blantyre n city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi
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blend n an occurrence of thorough mixing a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" Synonym(s): blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau the act of blending components together thoroughly Synonym(s): blend, blending v combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" Synonym(s): blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" Synonym(s): blend, go, blend in mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" Synonym(s): blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
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blend in v blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" Synonym(s): blend, go, blend in cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts" Synonym(s): blend in, mix in
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blende n an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form Synonym(s): zinc blende, blende, sphalerite
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blended adj combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable Antonym(s): unblended
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blended whiskey n mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits Synonym(s): blended whiskey, blended whisky
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blended whisky n mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits Synonym(s): blended whiskey, blended whisky
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blender n an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods Synonym(s): blender, liquidizer, liquidiser
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blending n the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: blend, blending] a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades Synonym(s): shading, blending
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Blenniidae n a family of fish including: combtooth blennies [syn: Blenniidae, family Blenniidae]
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blennioid n elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins Synonym(s): blennioid fish, blennioid
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blennioid fish n elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins Synonym(s): blennioid fish, blennioid
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Blennioidea n blennies; butterfishes; gunnels [syn: Blennioidea, suborder Blennioidea]
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blind adj unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan Synonym(s): blind, unsighted Antonym(s): sighted unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions" not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" Synonym(s): blind, unreasoning n people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind" a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind" a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" Synonym(s): blind, screen something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind" Synonym(s): subterfuge, blind v render unable to see make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded" make dim by comparison or conceal Synonym(s): blind, dim
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blind alley n a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse] (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley"
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blind bend n a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving Synonym(s): blind curve, blind bend
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blind corner n a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
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blind curve n a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving Synonym(s): blind curve, blind bend
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blind date n a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) a date with a stranger; "she never goes on blind dates"
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blind drunk adj very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet]
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blind eel n aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States Synonym(s): amphiuma, congo snake, congo eel, blind eel
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blind flying n using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. Synonym(s): blind flying, blind landing
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blind gentian n similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers [syn: closed gentian, blind gentian, Gentiana clausa] gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all Synonym(s): closed gentian, blind gentian, bottle gentian, Gentiana andrewsii
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blind gut n the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum" Synonym(s): cecum, caecum, blind gut
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blind landing n using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. Synonym(s): blind flying, blind landing
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blind person n a person with a severe visual impairment
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blind side n the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed
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blind snake n wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes Synonym(s): blind snake, worm snake
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blind spot n a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light Synonym(s): blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
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blind staggers n a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling Synonym(s): staggers, blind staggers
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blind stitching n stitching that is not easily seen or noticed
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blind trust n a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets
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blinded adj deprived of sight
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blinder n blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side Synonym(s): winker, blinker, blinder
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blindfold adj wearing a blindfold Synonym(s): blindfold, blindfolded n a cloth used to cover the eyes v cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing; "the hostage was blindfolded and driven away"
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blindfolded adj wearing a blindfold Synonym(s): blindfold, blindfolded
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blinding adj shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" Synonym(s): blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary
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blindly adv without seeing or looking; "he felt around his desk blindly" without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis; "they bought the car blindly"; "he picked a wife blindly"
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blindman's bluff n a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players Synonym(s): blindman's bluff, blindman's buff
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blindman's buff n a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players Synonym(s): blindman's bluff, blindman's buff
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blindness n the state of being blind or lacking sight [syn: blindness, sightlessness, cecity]
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blindside v catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences; "The economic downturn blindsided many investors" attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed
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blindworm n small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind Synonym(s): blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions Synonym(s): caecilian, blindworm
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blintz n (Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked Synonym(s): blintz, blintze
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blintze n (Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked Synonym(s): blintz, blintze
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blond adj being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" Synonym(s): blond, blonde, light-haired Antonym(s): brunet, brunette n a person with fair skin and hair Synonym(s): blond, blonde a light grayish yellow to near white Synonym(s): blond, blonde
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blonde adj being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" Synonym(s): blond, blonde, light-haired Antonym(s): brunet, brunette n a person with fair skin and hair Synonym(s): blond, blonde a light grayish yellow to near white Synonym(s): blond, blonde
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blonde lilian n North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors Synonym(s): white dogtooth violet, white dog's-tooth violet, blonde lilian, Erythronium albidum
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blondness n the property of having a naturally light complexion [syn: paleness, blondness, fairness]
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blue note n a flattened third or seventh
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blunder n an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo] v commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" Synonym(s): drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door" Synonym(s): fumble, blunder utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" Synonym(s): blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
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blunder out v utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" Synonym(s): blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
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blunderbuss n a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
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blunderer n someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence [syn: bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup]
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blunt adj having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil" used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument" characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" Synonym(s): blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" Synonym(s): blunt, crude(a), stark(a) v make less intense; "blunted emotions" make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" Synonym(s): numb, benumb, blunt, dull make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" Synonym(s): dull, blunt Antonym(s): sharpen make less sharp; "blunt the knives" make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" Synonym(s): deaden, blunt Antonym(s): animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up
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blunt file n a file with parallel edges Antonym(s): taper file
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blunt trauma n injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car)
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blunt-leaf heath n small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers Synonym(s): common heath, blunt-leaf heath, Epacris obtusifolia
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blunted adj made dull or blunt Synonym(s): blunted, dulled
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bluntly adv in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" Synonym(s): bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly
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bluntness n the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman" without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" Synonym(s): dullness, bluntness Antonym(s): asperity, keenness, sharpness
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bolometer n an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive
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bolometric adj of or relating to a bolometer
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bull nettle n coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States Synonym(s): horse nettle, ball nettle, bull nettle, ball nightshade, Solanum carolinense
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toad \Toad\, n. [OE. tode, tade, AS. t[be]die, t[be]dige; of unknown origin. Cf. {Tadpole}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus {Bufo} and allied genera, especially those of the family {Bufonid[91]}. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid. Note: The common toad ({Bufo vulgaris}) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad ({B. lentiginosus}) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping. {Obstetrical toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Obstetrical}. {Surinam toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pita}. {Toad lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a horned toad. {Toad pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant ({Equisetum limosum}) growing in muddy places. --Dr. Prior. {Toad rush} (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush ({Juncus bufonius}). {Toad snatcher} (Zo[94]l.), the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] {Toad spittle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Tree toad}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tree}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. butor; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A wading bird of the genus {Botaurus}, allied to the herons, of various species. Note: The common European bittern is {Botaurus stellaris}. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is {B. lentiginosus}, and is also called {stake-driver} and {meadow hen}. See {Stake-driver}. Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the {least bittern} ({Ardetta exilis}), and the {sun bittern}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[ucr]z"z[etil]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus {Buteo} and related genera. Note: The {Buteo vulgaris} is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are {B. borealis}, {B. Pennsylvanicus}, and {B. lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[91], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is {Circus [91]ruginosus}. See {Turkey buzzard}, and {Carrion buzzard}. {Bald buzzard}, the fishhawk or osprey. See {Fishhawk}. 2. A blockhead; a dunce. It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. --Goldsmith.
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Hawk \Hawk\, n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek, AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht, Icel. haukr, Sw. h[94]k, Dan. h[94]g, prob. from the root of E. heave.] (Zo[94]l.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family {Falconid[91]}. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis}); the red-shouldered ({B. lineatus}); the broad-winged ({B. Pennsylvanicus}); the rough-legged ({Archibuteo lagopus}); the sharp-shinned {Accipiter fuscus}). See {Fishhawk}, {Goshawk}, {Marsh hawk}, under {Marsh}, {Night hawk}, under {Night}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Eagle hawk}. See under {Eagle}. {Hawk eagle} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic bird of the genus {Spiz[91]tus}, or {Limn[91]tus}, intermediate between the hawks and eagles. There are several species. {Hawk fly} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious fly of the family {Asilid[91]}. See {Hornet fly}, under {Hornet}. {Hawk moth}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hawk moth}, in the Vocabulary. {Hawk owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A northern owl ({Surnia ulula}) of Europe and America. It flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks. (b) An owl of India ({Ninox scutellatus}). {Hawk's bill} (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.
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Hen \Hen\, n. [AS. henn, hen, h[91]n; akin to D. hen, OHG. henna, G. henne, Icel. h[?]na, Dan. h[94]na; the fem. corresponding to AS. hana cock, D. haan, OHG. hano, G. hahn, Icel. hani, Dan. & Sw. hane. Prob. akin to L. canere to sing, and orig. meaning, a singer. Cf. {Chanticleer}.] (Zo[94]l.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen. Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as, hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen. {Hen clam}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A clam of the {Mactra}, and allied genera; the sea clam or surf clam. See {Surf clam}. (b) A California clam of the genus {Pachydesma}. {Hen driver}. See {Hen harrier} (below). {Hen harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a hawk ({Circus cyaneus}), found in Europe and America; -- called also {dove hawk}, {henharm}, {henharrow}, {hen driver}, and usually, in America, {marsh hawk}. See {Marsh hawk}. {Hen hawk} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B. lineatus}), and the goshawk.
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Balanite \Bal"a*nite\, n. [L. balanus acorn: cf. F. balanite.] (Paleon.) A fossil balanoid shell.
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d8Zachun \[d8]Za*chun"\, n. (Bot.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree ({Balanites [92]gyptiaca}), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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Bito \Bi"to\, n., Bito tree \Bi"to tree`\ . [Etym. uncertain.] (Bot.) A small scrubby tree ({Balanites [92]gyptiaca}) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia. Note: The hard yellowish white wood is made into plows in Abyssinia; the bark is used in Farther India to stupefy fish; the ripe fruit is edible, when green it is an anthelmintic; the fermented juice is used as a beverage; the seeds yield a medicinal oil called zachun. The African name of the tree is {hajilij}.
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Balanoid \Bal"a*noid\, a. [Gr. [?] acorn + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See {Acornshell}, and {Barnacle}.
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Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[94]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. 2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc. 3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See {Baseball}, and {Football}. 4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called {bullets}. 5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball. 6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller. 7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot. 8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus. --White. 9. The globe or earth. --Pope. Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison. {Ball and socket joint}, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. {Ball bearings}, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls. {Ball cartridge}, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. {Ball cock}, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. {Ball gudgeon}, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. --Knight. {Ball lever}, the lever used in a ball cock. {Ball of the eye}, the eye itself, as distinguished from its lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye. {Ball valve} (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve. {Ball vein} (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles. {Three balls}, or {Three golden balls}, a pawnbroker's sign or shop. Syn: See {Globe}.
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Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st {Ball}, n., and cf. {Pallone}.] 1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for a[89]rial navigation. 2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.] 3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. 4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.] 5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.] 6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. {Air balloon}, a balloon for a[89]rial navigation. {Balloon frame} (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. {Balloon net}, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
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Ballooned \Bal*looned"\, a. Swelled out like a balloon.
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Balneation \Bal`ne*a"tion\, n. [LL. balneare to bathe, fr. L. balneum bath.] The act of bathing. [R.]
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Balneatory \Bal"neato*ry\, a. [L. balneatorius.] Belonging to a bath. [Obs.]
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Balneotherapy \Bal`neother"a*py\, n. [L. balneum bath + Gr. [?] to heal.] The treatment of disease by baths.
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Belemnite \Belem"nite\, n. [Gr. [?] dart, fr. [?] dart, fr. [?] to throw: cf. F. b[82]lemnite.] (Paleon.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. -- {Belem*nit"ic}, a.
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Belemnite \Belem"nite\, n. [Gr. [?] dart, fr. [?] dart, fr. [?] to throw: cf. F. b[82]lemnite.] (Paleon.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. -- {Belem*nit"ic}, a.
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Belime \Be*lime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belimed}.] To besmear or insnare with birdlime.
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Hopper \Hop"per\, n. [See 1st {Hop}.] 1. One who, or that which, hops. 2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car. 3. (Mus.) See {Grasshopper}, 2. 4. pl. A game. See {Hopscotch}. --Johnson. 5. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Grasshopper}, and {Frog hopper}, {Grape hopper}, {Leaf hopper}, {Tree hopper}, under {Frog}, {Grape}, {Leaf}, and {Tree}. (b) The larva of a cheese fly. 6. (Naut.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also {dumping scow}. {Bell and hopper} (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained. {Hopper boy}, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it falls. {Hopper closet}, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. {Hopper cock}, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet.
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Bell metal \Bell" met`al\ A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells. {Bell metal ore}, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.
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Bell metal \Bell" met`al\ A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells. {Bell metal ore}, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.
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Bell-mouthed \Bell"-mouthed`\, a. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. --Byron.
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Belonite \Bel"o*nite\, n. [Gr. [?] a needle.] (Min.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
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Crystallite \Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See {Crystal}.] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called {trichites}, {belonites}, {globulites}, etc.
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Biland \Bi"land\, n. A byland. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Bilander \Bil"an*der\, n. [D. bijlander; bij by + land land, country.] (Naut.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep Along the coast, and land in view to keep? --Dryden.
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Blame \Blame\ (bl[amac]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blamed} (bl[amac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaming}.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[83]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. {Blaspheme}, and see {Fame}.] 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. --Tillotson. 2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.] She . . . blamed her noble blood. --Spenser. {To blame}, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. --Shak.
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Bland \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.] 1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant. [bd]Exhilarating vapor bland.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
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Blandation \Blan*da"tion\, n. [Cf. L. blanditia, blandities, fr. blandus. See {Bland}.] Flattery. [Obs.]
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Blandiloquence \Blandil"oquence\, n. [L. blandiloquentia; blandus mild + loqui to speak.] Mild, flattering speech.
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Blandiloquous \Blandil"oquous\, Blandiloquious \Blandilo"qui*ous\, a. Fair-spoken; flattering.
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Blandiloquous \Blandil"oquous\, Blandiloquious \Blandilo"qui*ous\, a. Fair-spoken; flattering.
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Blandise \Blan"dise\, v. i. [Same word as {Blandish}.] To blandish any one. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Blandish \Blan"dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blandished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blandishing}.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.] 1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole. 2. To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. --Milton.
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Blandish \Blan"dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blandished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blandishing}.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.] 1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole. 2. To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. --Milton.
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Blandisher \Blan"dish*er\, n. One who uses blandishments.
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Blandish \Blan"dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blandished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blandishing}.] [OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering.] 1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole. 2. To make agreeable and enticing. Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. --Milton.
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Blandishment \Blan"dish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. --Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. --Macaulay.
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Blandly \Bland"ly\, adv. In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
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Blandness \Bland"ness\, n. The state or quality of being bland.
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Blend \Blend\, v. i. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality. --Irving.
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Blend \Blend\, n. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
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Blend \Blend\, v. t. [AS. blendan, from blind blind. See {Blind}, a.] To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Blend \Blend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.] 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival. 2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
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Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] slippery, uncertain. See {Blende}.] (Min.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also {blende}, {black-jack}, {false galena}, etc. See {Blende} (a) .
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Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive, fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.) (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous. (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster.
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Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] slippery, uncertain. See {Blende}.] (Min.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also {blende}, {black-jack}, {false galena}, etc. See {Blende} (a) .
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Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive, fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.) (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous. (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster.
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Blend \Blend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.] 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival. 2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
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Blender \Blend"er\, n. One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush, used in blending.
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Blend \Blend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.] 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival. 2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
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Blending \Blend"ing\, n. 1. The act of mingling. 2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each other insensibly. --Weale.
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Blendous \Blend"ous\, a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, blende.
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Blendwater \Blend"wa`ter\, n. A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected. --Crabb.
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Blennioid \Blen"nioid\, Blenniid \Blen"niid\, a. [Blenny + -oid] (Zo[94]l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies.
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Blennioid \Blen"nioid\, Blenniid \Blen"niid\, a. [Blenny + -oid] (Zo[94]l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the blennies.
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Blend \Blend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.] 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival. 2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
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Blent \Blent\, imp. & p. p. of {Blend} to mingle. Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained. Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent. --Byron.
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Blent \Blent\, imp. & p. p. of {Blend} to blind. Blinded. Also (--Chaucer), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth. [Obs.]
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Bleynte \Bleyn"te\, imp. of {Blench}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, Blinde \Blinde\, n. See {Blende}.
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Blind \Blind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blinded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blinding}.] 1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. [bd]To blind the truth and me.[b8] --Tennyson. A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. --South. 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher. 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive. Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden. The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. --Stillingfleet. 4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
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Blind \Blind\, n. 1. Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse. 2. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge. 3. [Cf. F. blindes, p[?]., fr. G. blende, fr. blenden to blind, fr. blind blind.] (Mil.) A blindage. See {Blindage}. 4. A halting place. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Buckler \Buc"kler\, n. [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See {Buckle}, n.] 1. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body. Note: In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to cover the body, but to stop or parry blows. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes. (b) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites. 3. (Naut.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches. {Blind buckler} (Naut.), a solid buckler. {Buckler mustard} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Biscutella}) with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields. {Buckler thorn}, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a buckler. See {Christ's thorn}. {Riding buckler} (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the passage of a cable.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Coal \Coal\, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. {Age of coal plants}. See {Age of Acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Anthracite} or {Glance coal}. See {Anthracite}. {Bituminous coal}. See under {Bituminous}. {Blind coal}. See under {Blind}. {Brown coal}, [or] {Lignite}. See {Lignite}. {Caking coal}, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. {Cannel coal}, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See {Cannel coal}. {Coal bed} (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. {Coal breaker}, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. {Coal field} (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called {coal basins}. See {Basin}. {Coal gas}, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. {Coal heaver}, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. {Coal measures}. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. {Coal oil}, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. {Coal plant} (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. {Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary. {To haul over the coals}, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] {Wood coal}. See {Lignite}.
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Door \Door\, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th[81]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d[94]r, Sw. d[94]rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. [?]; cf. Skr. dur, dv[be]ra. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Foreign}.] 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. --Denham. 2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. --John x. 9. 4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads. Martin's office is now the second door in the street. --Arbuthnot. {Blank door}, {Blind door}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {In doors}, [or] {Within doors}, within the house. {Next door to}, near to; bordering on. A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. --L'Estrange. {Out of doors}, [or] {Without doors}, and, colloquially, {Out doors}, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. --Locke. {To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door}, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. {To lie at one's door}, to be imputable or chargeable to. If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. --Dryden. Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Flange \Flange\ (fl[acr]nj), n. [Prov. E. flange to project, flanch a projection. See {Flanch}, {Flank}.] 1. An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see {Car wheel}.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. --Knight. 2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. {Blind flange}, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe. {Flange joint}, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. --Knight. {Flange rail}, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off. {Flange turning}, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it when hot.
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d8C91cum \[d8]C[91]"cum\, n.; pl. {C[91]cums}, L. {C[91]ca}. [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the {blind gut}. Note: The c[91]cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c[91]ca.
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Gut \Gut\, n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to ge[a2]tan to pour. See {FOUND} to cast.] 1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. 2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails. 3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See {Catgut}. 4. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. {Blind gut}. See {C[92]cum}, n. (b) .
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d8C91cum \[d8]C[91]"cum\, n.; pl. {C[91]cums}, L. {C[91]ca}. [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the {blind gut}. Note: The c[91]cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c[91]ca.
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Gut \Gut\, n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to ge[a2]tan to pour. See {FOUND} to cast.] 1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. 2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails. 3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See {Catgut}. 4. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. {Blind gut}. See {C[92]cum}, n. (b) .
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U. cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman nettle of England. Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also called {nettle tree}. {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See under {Hemp}. {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of {Lamium}. {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}. {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}. {nettle tree}. (a) Same as {Hackberry}. (b) See {Australian nettle} (above). {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ({Jatropha urens}). {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Piles \Piles\, n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. {Pill} a medicine.] (Med.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called {hemorrhoids}. See {Hemorrhoids}. Note: [The singular {pile} is sometimes used.] {Blind piles}, hemorrhoids which do not bleed.
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Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced into Anerica from the Old World. 2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair. [Local, U.S.] 3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union. [Cant] Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first, as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First, but has by degrees obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord Mahon. {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus {Rhizomys}. {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and {Coast}. {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat. {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the crop. {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}. {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}. {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo. {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}. {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}. (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}. {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock. {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}. {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc. {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus {Echinomys}. {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.
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Blind reader \Blind reader\ A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake}, {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under {Blind}, {Garter}, etc. {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich. {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}. {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied genera.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. {Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. {Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight. {Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. {Blind cat} (Zo[94]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. {Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds. {Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See {Blank door [or] window}, under {Blank}, a. {Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight. {Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under {Dead}. {Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. {Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift. {Blind snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family {Typhlopid[91]}, with rudimentary eyes. {Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light. {Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}. {Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
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Blindage \Blind"age\, n. [Cf. F. blindage.] (Mil.) A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.
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Blind \Blind\, Blinde \Blinde\, n. See {Blende}.
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Blind \Blind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blinded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blinding}.] 1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. [bd]To blind the truth and me.[b8] --Tennyson. A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. --South. 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher. 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive. Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden. The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. --Stillingfleet. 4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
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Blinder \Blind"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, blinds. 2. (Saddlery) One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.
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Blindfish \Blind"fish`\, n. A small fish ({Amblyopsis spel[91]us}) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.
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Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blindfolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blindfolding}.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down.] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. --Luke xxii. 64.
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Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, a. Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury. Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. --Dryden.
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Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blindfolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blindfolding}.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down.] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. --Luke xxii. 64.
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Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blindfolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blindfolding}.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down.] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. --Luke xxii. 64.
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Blind \Blind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blinded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blinding}.] 1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. [bd]To blind the truth and me.[b8] --Tennyson. A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. --South. 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher. 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive. Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden. The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. --Stillingfleet. 4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
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Blinding \Blind"ing\, a. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.
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Blinding \Blind"ing\, n. A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See {Blind}, v. t., 4.
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Blindly \Blind"ly\, adv. Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own. By his imperious mistress blindly led. --Dryden.
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Blindman's buff \Blind"man's buff"\ [See {Buff} a buffet.] A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is. Surely he fancies I play at blindman's buff with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open. --Stillingfleet.
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Blindman's holiday \Blind`man's hol"i*day\ The time between daylight and candle light. [Humorous]
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Blindness \Blind"ness\, n. State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. --Darwin. {Color blindness}, inability to distinguish certain color. See {Daltonism}.
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Blindstory \Blind"sto`ry\, n. (Arch.) The triforium as opposed to the clearstory.
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Blindworm \Blind"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard ({Anguis fragilis}), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.
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Blonde \Blonde\, n. [F.] 1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. [Written also {blond}.] 2. [So called from its color.] A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also {blond lace}.
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Blond \Blond\, Blonde \Blonde\, a. [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See {Blend}, v. t. ] Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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Blonde \Blonde\, n. [F.] 1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. [Written also {blond}.] 2. [So called from its color.] A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also {blond lace}.
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Blond \Blond\, Blonde \Blonde\, a. [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See {Blend}, v. t. ] Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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Blonde \Blonde\, n. [F.] 1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. [Written also {blond}.] 2. [So called from its color.] A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also {blond lace}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blond metal \Blond" met`al\ A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blonde \Blonde\, n. [F.] 1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. [Written also {blond}.] 2. [So called from its color.] A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also {blond lace}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blond \Blond\, Blonde \Blonde\, a. [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See {Blend}, v. t. ] Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blondness \Blond"ness\, n. The state of being blond. --G. Eliot.
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Bloom \Bloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blooming}.] 1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower. A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. --Milton. 2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers. A better country blooms to view, Beneath a brighter sky. --Logan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8] --Milton. 2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.] 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray. {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}. {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}. {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok. {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod. {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}). {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}. {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8] --Thackeray. {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum. {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}. {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform. {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}. {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath. {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C. {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment. {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. {Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. {Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.[b8] --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army. {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle. {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}. {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}). {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}. {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. {Blue water}, the open ocean. {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected. {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunder \Blun"der\, v. t. 1. To cause to blunder. [Obs.] [bd]To blunder an adversary.[b8] --Ditton. 2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. He blunders and confounds all these together. --Stillingfleet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunder \Blun"der\, n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.] 2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. Syn: {Blunder}, {Error}, {Mistake}, {Bull}. Usage: An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunder \Blun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blundering}.] [OE. blunderen, blondren, to stir, confuse, blunder; perh. allied to blend to mix, to confound by mixture.] 1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. --Swift. 2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble. I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. --Goldsmith. Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place, And blunders on, and staggers every pace. --Dryden. {To blunder on}. (a) To continue blundering. (b) To find or reach as if by an accident involving more or less stupidity, -- applied to something desirable; as, to blunder on a useful discovery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunderbuss \Blun"der*buss\, n. [Either fr. blunder + D. bus tube, box, akin to G. b[81]chse box, gun, E. box; or corrupted fr. D. donderbus (literally) thunder box, gun, musket.] 1. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim. 2. A stupid, blundering fellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunder \Blun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blundering}.] [OE. blunderen, blondren, to stir, confuse, blunder; perh. allied to blend to mix, to confound by mixture.] 1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. --Swift. 2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble. I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. --Goldsmith. Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place, And blunders on, and staggers every pace. --Dryden. {To blunder on}. (a) To continue blundering. (b) To find or reach as if by an accident involving more or less stupidity, -- applied to something desirable; as, to blunder on a useful discovery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunderer \Blun"der*er\, n. One who is apt to blunder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunderhead \Blun"der*head`\, n. [Blunder + head.] A stupid, blundering fellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunder \Blun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blundering}.] [OE. blunderen, blondren, to stir, confuse, blunder; perh. allied to blend to mix, to confound by mixture.] 1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. --Swift. 2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble. I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. --Goldsmith. Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place, And blunders on, and staggers every pace. --Dryden. {To blunder on}. (a) To continue blundering. (b) To find or reach as if by an accident involving more or less stupidity, -- applied to something desirable; as, to blunder on a useful discovery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blundering \Blun"der*ing\, a. Characterized by blunders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunderingly \Blun"deringly\, adv. In a blundering manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunt \Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blunting}.] 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. --Shak. 2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunt \Blunt\, n. 1. A fencer's foil. [Obs.] 2. A short needle with a strong point. See {Needle}. 3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunt \Blunt\, a. [Cf. Prov. G. bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. blunda; or perh. akin to E. blind.] 1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. The murderous knife was dull and blunt. --Shak. 2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to {acute}. His wits are not so blunt. --Shak. 3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. [bd]Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior.[b8] [bd]A plain, blunt man.[b8] --Shak. 4. Hard to impress or penetrate. [R.] I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. --Pope. Note: Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken. Syn: Obtuse; dull; pointless; curt; short; coarse; rude; brusque; impolite; uncivil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gorget \Gor"get\, n. [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See {Gorge}, n.] 1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century. 2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies. 4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.] 5. (Surg.) (a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. (b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also {blunt gorget}. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunt \Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blunting}.] 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. --Shak. 2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunt \Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blunting}.] 1. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. --Shak. 2. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluntish \Blunt"ish\, a. Somewhat blunt. -- {Blunt"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluntish \Blunt"ish\, a. Somewhat blunt. -- {Blunt"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluntly \Blunt"ly\, adv. In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. --Jeffrey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n. 1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. --Holland. 2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. [bd]Bluntness of speech.[b8] --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine fish ({Vomer setipennis}); -- called also {bluntnosed shiner}, {horsefish}, and {sunfish}. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ({Selene vomer}); -- called also {lookdown}, and {silver moonfish}. (c) The mola. See {Sunfish}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to {Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and allied genera; as the redfin ({Notropis megalops}), and the golden shiner ({Notemigonus chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d) (Zo[94]l.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. {Blunt-nosed shiner} (Zo[94]l.), the silver moonfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine fish ({Vomer setipennis}); -- called also {bluntnosed shiner}, {horsefish}, and {sunfish}. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ({Selene vomer}); -- called also {lookdown}, and {silver moonfish}. (c) The mola. See {Sunfish}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
(c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to {Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and allied genera; as the redfin ({Notropis megalops}), and the golden shiner ({Notemigonus chrysoleucus}) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d) (Zo[94]l.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. {Blunt-nosed shiner} (Zo[94]l.), the silver moonfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blunt-witted \Blunt"-wit`ted\, n. Dull; stupid. Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bollandists \Bol"land*ists\, n. pl. The Jesuit editors of the [bd]Acta Sanctorum[b8], or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bolometer \Bolom"eter\, n. [Gr. [?] a stroke, ray + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also {actinic balance}, {thermic balance}. --S. P. Langley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bullantic \Bul*lan"tic\, a. [See {Bull} an edict.] Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. --Fry. {Bullantic letters}, Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bullantic \Bul*lan"tic\, a. [See {Bull} an edict.] Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. --Fry. {Bullantic letters}, Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Byland \By"land\, n. A peninsula. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bylander \By"land*er\, n. See {Bilander}. [Obs.]
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Ballantine, MT Zip code(s): 59006
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Bland County, VA (county, FIPS 21) Location: 37.13221 N, 81.12669 W Population (1990): 6514 (2706 housing units) Area: 929.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
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Blandford, MA Zip code(s): 01008
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Blount County, AL (county, FIPS 9) Location: 33.97974 N, 86.56621 W Population (1990): 39248 (15790 housing units) Area: 1672.3 sq km (land), 12.9 sq km (water) Blount County, TN (county, FIPS 9) Location: 35.68690 N, 83.92557 W Population (1990): 85969 (36532 housing units) Area: 1446.7 sq km (land), 20.9 sq km (water)
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Blountville, TN (CDP, FIPS 6740) Location: 36.53311 N, 82.32733 W Population (1990): 2605 (919 housing units) Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37617
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) An {electronic mail} {header} which lists addresses to which a message should be sent, but which will not be seen by the recipients. Bcc is defined in {RFC 822} and supported by most e-mail systems. A normal, non-blind "CC" header would be visible to all recipients, thus allowing them to reply to each other as well as to the sender. According to RFC 822, the addresses listed in a BCC header are not included in the copies of the message sent to the recipients. RFC 822 says BCC addresses may appear in the copy sent to "BCC" recipients themselves (though this would be unusual). (1998-03-14)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Blind Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).