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In a blithe manner.

The state of being blithe. Chaucer.

Cheery; gay; merry. The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. -- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n.

A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.

A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.

Dull; stupid. Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! Shak.

The common qua(Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note.

A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

See Bowsprit.

Perishable goods. Bouvier.

Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.

A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.

A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.

A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.

eral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is sulphide of antimony and lead.

ing crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper.

A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.

A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.

A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally. Called also Hargrave, or cellular, kite.