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A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected. Crabb.

To wave; to brandish. [Obs.] And burning blades about their heads do bless. Spenser. Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. Fairfax.

intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. Milton.

The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. Noble heads which have been brought to the block. E. Everett.

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

of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.

The flower of a plant, or the essential organs 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.

Marked or covered with blotches. To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton.

arried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street. The grass blows from their graves to thy own. M. Arnold.

Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott.

after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.

noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. Milton.

ted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. Clarendon. We may judge from their letters to the board. Porteus.

ty, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. Milton.

tart and boggle at every unusual appearance. Glanvill. Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose. Barrow.

Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2.

To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham.

To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads. Milton.

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully…

The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery. Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21.