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mall tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.

Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight.

(Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast (Fucus nodosus and F. vesiculosus) -- called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.

in an action of trespass to assign the certain place where the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar. -- Blank cartridge, a cartridge containing no ball. -- Blank deed. See Deed. -- Blank door, or Blank window (Arch.), a depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect,…

rs. -- Blast nozzle, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice. -- In full blast, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]

s; as, to Chamælirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass.

A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.

A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidæ; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.

ookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also blank tooling, and blind blocking. -- Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.

ister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. -- Blister fly, a blister beetle. -- Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. -- Blister steel, crude steel formed fr…

The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.

A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.

sis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.

A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.

A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.

color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color. In blossom, having the blossoms open; in bloom.

The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.

Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products.