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board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the "black guard"; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army. [Obs.] A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).…

south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.

o, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.

umber mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.

A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to hem.

hat portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

cess of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.

A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.

The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator.

or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons. Bless them which persecute you. Rom. xii. 14.

Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy. O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton.

Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]

liams. (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with coloring matter. -- Block system on railways, a system by which the track is divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains are so run by the guidance of electric signals that no…

Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."

Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison.

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

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

A blowgun; a blowtube. Blowpipe 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.