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e freshness; a flush; a glow. A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. Thackeray.

A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Blücher. Thackeray.

an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. Thackeray. Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite. -- Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. -- Blue blood. See under Blood. -- Blue buck (Zoöl.), a small South African antelope (Cephalophus pygmæus); also appl…

to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. "Bobbing and courtesying." Thackeray.

Wearing a bodice. Thackeray.

ir. To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly. [He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon. Thackeray. Bolt upright. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] Chaucer.

en put into the boot, a wedge is driven. The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray.

s, she bounced into the room. Out bounced the mastiff. Swift. Bounced off his arm+chair. Thackeray.

Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. Many tall and bouncing young ladies. Thackeray.

bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. I embroidered for you a beautiful pair of braces. Thackeray.

ely; trimming. A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. Thackeray.

A seal or charm for a watch chain. "His chains and breloques." Thackeray.

A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." Thackeray. To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]

d erect, like bristles. The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets. Thackeray. Ports bristling with thousands of masts. Macaulay.

fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray.

A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. The leading bucks of the day. Thackeray.

Breeches made of buckskin. I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray.

Any tooth that juts out. When he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded. Thackeray.

The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [U.S.]