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Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. Sir W. Scott. Blazing star. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to Chamælirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass.…

r a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings. Their blazon o'er his towers displayed. Sir W. Scott.

somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More.

Happily; fortunately; joyfully. We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney.

ing fast, the stars began to blink. Wordsworth. The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . Sir W. Scott.

Destitute of bliss. Sir P. Sidney.

Cheery; gay; merry. The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. -- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n.

cent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. Waller. Half blood (Law), relationship through only one parent. -- Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole bloo…

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. Sir W. Scott.

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

A blossoming; a bloom. [Obs. or Archaic] "In the blowth and bud." Sir W. Raleigh.

ue; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. "Bluff King Hal." Sir W. Scott. There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defense in a moment of surprise. I. Taylor.

or reach as if by an accident involving more or less stupidity, -- applied to something desirable; as, to blunder on a useful discovery.

To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

ce by blustering; to bully. He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More. As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller.

a friendly purpose. Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake.

A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott

A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.