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ish; to disclose. Through the court his courtesy was blown. Dryden. His language does his knowledge blow. Whiting.

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 some…

To express or make known by blushing. I'll blush you thanks. Shak.

erial form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter. You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. Tatler.

forth, to give from or shape to mentally. Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown. Shak.

Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often in a disparaging sense.] Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. Dryden.

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

at subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. Byron. What boots to us your victories Southey.

ffections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; se Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it. Shak. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. Job xxxi. 33.

One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

e his lord the ready spaniel bounds. Pope. And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. Byron.

body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department. "Branches of knowledge." Prescott. It is a branch and parcel of mine oath. Shak.

esh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

To put into, or clothe with, breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. Macaulay.

Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society. Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and respect which civility obliges us either to express or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we conv…

Famous; renowned; well known. Wright. [Written also brim and brimme.]

he air cells terminating the bronchia. -- Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia. -- Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the bronchia. -- Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia.

An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.

It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business. Bp. Popteus.

To cover or spread with butter. I know what's what. I know on which side My bread is buttered. Ford.