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A species of Cratægus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.

r, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. "Large blasts are often used." Tomlinson.

The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.

ender stale, unsavory, or worthless. (b) To inform against. [Colloq.] How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys. C. Lamb. A lady's maid whose character had been blow…

ed States (Callinectes hastatus). -- Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant (Trichostema dichotomum), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also bastard pennyroyal. -- Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue…

A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidæ, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

The act of rendering blue; as, the bluing of steel. Tomlinson.

A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi Tomlinson.

The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger. Tomlinson.

The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).

net, so called from the peculiar construction of the machines by which they are produced. Tomlinsom.

Without material form; incorporeal. Phantoms bodiless and vain. Swift.

A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear. [Written also boggle.]

he was five and thirty. Blackw. Mag. Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and customs nowadays. W. Black. Bohemian chatterer, or Bohemian waxwing (Zoöl.), a small bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the waxwing. -- Bohemian glass, a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of v…

ome specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes. The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all. Gower.

zine has been much used for mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt bombasin, and bombasine.] Tomlinson.

rrows. -- Bond (or lap) of a slate, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. -- Bond timber, timber worked into a w…

ds placed in a bonded warehouse; goods, for the duties on which bonds are given at the customhouse. -- Bonded warehouse, a warehouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.

The second stomach of a ruminating animal.