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The quality or condition of being sallow. Addison.

Quality or state of being shallow.

The quality or state of being slow.

The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.

excess, or beyond what is merited. Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation Shak.

ll. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

A stupid, clownish fellow. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

ic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.

To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. There let the pealing organ blow. Milton.

A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- Boor"ish*ly, adv. -- Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.

of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.

An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout. "Bashful country bumpkins." W. Irving.

, before letting go the anchor. -- Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.

A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

Hollowness. [Obs.] The cavity or hollowness of the place. Goodwin.

Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.

A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.