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Of or pertaining to the sale of books. "Bibliopolic difficulties." Carlyle.

s of philosophy." Rochester. Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods. -- Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods. -- Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods. -- Bladder worm (Zoöl.)…

Causing blast or injury. [Obs.] Boyle.

A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings. The blazonry of Argyle. Lord Dufferin.

That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity. Carlyle.

tions, 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 verditer. See Verditer. -- Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a viole…

estigate. The Bluebeard chamber of his mind, into which no eye but his own must look. Carlyle.

The quality of being blue; a blue color. Boyle.

A bruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." Boyle.

Portentous; ominous. Carlyle.

Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian. Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. Dryden.

ester. He bores me with some trick. Shak. Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. Carlyle.

To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. Rites borrowed from the ancients. Macaulay. It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. Milton.…

The style of Boswell.

Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze. "A good bouse of liquor." Carlyle.

A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. Aria di bravura ( Etym: [It.], a florid air demanding brilliant execution.

who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, etc. She was a great breeder. Dr. A. Carlyle. Italy and Rome have been the best breeders of worthy men. Ascham.

Concise; terse; succinct. The brief style is that which expresseth much in little. B. Jonson.

In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

at brighness, whether in a literal or figurative sense. With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought. Longfellow.