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essel, or by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and promising to deliver them safe at the place directed, dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and one is sent to the consi…

A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating. Shak.

tern; virulent; as, bitter reproach. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Col. iii. 19.

board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

l from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the "black guard"; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army. [Obs.] A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).…

south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.

number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.

That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator.

h or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons. Bless them which persecute you. Rom. xii. 14.

Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton.

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]

lliams. (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with coloring matter. -- Block system on railways, a system by which the track is divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the guidance of electric signals that n…

To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.] Charitable affection bloomed them. Hooker.

To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [Obs.]

tremens; hence, very low spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret" 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 regio…

In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

also, a corporation. Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". Bouvier. -- Body servant, a valet. -- The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call…

s, to boil meat; to boil clothes. The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all. Gower.