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To obstruct entrance to or egress from. Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. Pope.

ewly- gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow. A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. Thackeray.

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.

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 (Zoöl.), a European and Asiatic thrush (Petrocossyphus cyaneas). -- Blue verdi…

A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance.

A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.

ed the distant hills. Lyttleton. At first blush, or At the first blush, at the first appearance or view. "At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France." Hakluyt.

The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.

t of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman.

ake alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision. We start and boggle at every unusual appearance. Glanvill. Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose. Barrow.

A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular, unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals. [Modern]

A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.

Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

A photometric standard used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle. Called also decimal candle.

To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

h has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.

A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a.

A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel- shaped entrance at one end.