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A rule steelyard. [Scot.]

A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long.

money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored. [Scot.]

The bilberry. [North of Eng. & Scot.]

d produces at one breath. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. Bryant.

Confounded; accursed; detestable. Some of her own blasted gypsies. Sir W. Scott.

Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. Sir W. Scott. Blazing star. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to Chamælirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass.…

ring on a coat of arms; armorial bearings. Their blazon o'er his towers displayed. Sir W. Scott.

t, the stars began to blink. Wordsworth. The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . Sir W. Scott.

ghtly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit. The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton.

Cheery; gay; merry. The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. -- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n.

om a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. Waller. Half blood (Law), relationship through only one parent. -- Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. Bouv…

er of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. The rich blooms of the tropics. Prescott.

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. Sir W. Scott.

Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott.

A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.

A Scot; a Scotchman; -- so named from wearing a blue bonnet. [Poetic] Shak.

One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman.