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To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys.

An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.

ead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead. -- Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode. -- Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. Swift. -- Blind snake (Zoöl.), a small, harmle…

Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree. "Blissful solitude." Milton. -- Bliss"ful*ly, adv. -- Bliss"ful*ness, n.

A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.

That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity. Carlyle.

he price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.

The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot.

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

To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.] Charitable affection bloomed them. Hooker.

Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation. Ruskin.

e's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys. C. Lamb. A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon. Macaulay.

A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.

e analysis (Chem.), analysis by means of the blowpipe. -- Blowpipe reaction (Chem.), the characteristic behavior of a substance subjected to a test by means of the blowpipe.

A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.

The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry. [Colloq.]

Characterized by blunders.

Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.

An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.

The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [Modern]