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A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite.

The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.

d and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.

A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. Bouvier. Wharton.

A halting place. [Obs.] Dryden.

ly or figuratively. Darwin. Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. See Daltonism.

Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy. An then at last our bliss Full and perfect is. Milton.

A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle.

by descent 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 whol…

A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [Obs.]

r, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows. Hark how it rains and blows ! Walton.

from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered. Huge women blowzed with health and wind. Tennyson.

. See Verditer. -- Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. -- Blue water, the open ocean. -- To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected. -- True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, o…

t. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

k of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value. [U. S.]

anagement or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc. Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. Clarendon. We may judge from their letters to the board. Porteus.…

or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: .. not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. ii. 8, 9.

a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.