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sp. of a number of persons, as a line of soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.]

cation; show; description; record. Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company. Collier. Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, Do give thee fivefold blazon. Shak.

To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.] To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.

tery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. Grainger.

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

rgans of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. Bartlett. To blow hot and cold Etym: (a saying derived from a fable of , to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escap…

An outburst of temper or excitement. [Colloq.]

Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]

, because designed to clear away the clouds and fogs from the simple investor's horizon. [Colloq.]

A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]

The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry. [Colloq.]

se by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off. [Colloq.]

To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]

The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

ten the hair. To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.

nt term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit. [Colloq. U. S.]

Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]

very angry. -- To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certain games. [Colloq.]