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The bittern. Dryden.

lk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. Dryden.

Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden.

Having black eyes. Dryden.

is indicated. In Fortune's lottery lies A heap of blanks, like this, for one small prize. Dryden.

Bleak. [Obs.] Dryden.

sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes. His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. Dryden.

bscure 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.

less; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury. Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. Dryden.

investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own. By his imperious mistress blindly led. Dryden.

To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden.

. Carew. Blobber lip, a thick, protruding lip. His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden.

smear or wet, with blood. [Archaic] Reach out their spears afar, And blood their points. Dryden.

rently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden.

Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.

Covered with bloom, as fruit. Dryden.

en figuratively; as, to blot out offenses. One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. Dryden.

low, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. "They lose a province at a blow." Dryden. -- To come to blows, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of individuals, armies, and nations.

Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins. "Bluish mists." Dryden. -- Blu"ish*ly, adv. -- Blu"ish*ness, n.

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.