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To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. Pope

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

ll our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning. Wither. All her labor was but as a block Left in the quarry. Tennyson.

cular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.

or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.

Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness. All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. Holland.

or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. Jacob.

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. Gascoigne.

A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.

hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. Well struck ! there was blow for blow. Shak.

rimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.

Revolutionary captain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware.

Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen.

To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble. I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. Goldsmith. Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place, And blunders on, and staggers every pace. Dryden. To blunder on. (a) To continue blundering. (b) To find or reac…

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. The murderous knife was dull and blunt. Shak.

A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.

To grow red; to have a red or rosy color. The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush. Shak.

e with a quick, light blow; to tap. If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. Elyot.

A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. [Eng.] Latimer.