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BLAMELESSNESS n.
The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.
BLAMER n.
One who blames. Wyclif.
BLAMEWORTHY a.
Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n.
BLAST LAMP n.
A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying combustion by means of a blast.
BOKADAM n.
See Cerberus.
BORAMEZ n.
See Barometz.
BOTTLE-NECK FRAME n.
An inswept frame. [Colloq.]
BRAMA n.
See Brahma.
BRAMAH PRESS n.
A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.
BRAMBLE n. 2 definitions
us, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak.
BRAMBLE BUSH n.
The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. Mother Goose.
BRAMBLE NET n.
A net to catch birds.
BRAMBLED a.
Overgrown with brambles. Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton.
BRAMBLING n.
The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.
BRAMBLY a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles. "In brambly wildernesses." Tennyson.
BRAME n.
Sharp passion; vexation. [Obs.] Heart-burning brame. Spenser.
BRAMIN; BRAMINIC n.
, etc. See Brahman, Brachmanic, etc.
BREAM n. 4 definitions
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
BREASTBEAM n.
The front transverse beam of a locomotive.
BRIDECHAMBER n.
The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15.
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