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a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. Swift. -- Blind snake (Zoöl.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family Typhlopidæ, with rudimentary eyes. -- Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible…

re the face; to cry in a childish manner. She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair. Swift.

With a blue color. Swift.

a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. Swift.

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

guage; fustian. Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all. Swift.

cher, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift. -- Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. -- Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on bo…

Same as BourrÉ\'82. [Obs.] Swift.

A corkscrew. Swift.

ound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. Another bounces as hard as he can knock. Swift. Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. Dryden.

g.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat. There thou mayst brain him. Shak. It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That brained my purpose. Shak.

gle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.] A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift.

ow usually in a contemptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." Shak. "A beggar's brat." Swift. O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.

official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. Swift.

mor. Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended. Swift.

ghten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people. Swift.

th; to introduce as a topic of conversation. Those very opinions themselves had broached. Swift.

To puzzle; to be at a loss. [Obs.] Swift.

Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift. They make but bungling work. Dryden.

some, or oppressive. Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends a burden grown. Swift.