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Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.

A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.

lty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.

A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit. Lindley.

bleed; to let blood. Arbuthnot.

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

The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.

A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret. [Obs.]

any fungus of the family Boletaceae. [WordNet 1.5]

Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus. Boletic acid, an acid obtained from the Boletus fomentarius, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as Fumaric acid.

A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.

A little book. T. Arnold.

An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.

A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers. Gray.

A little branch; a twig.

See Brazil wood.

An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.

An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

A small brook.

e a criterion to distinguish one bud from another, or the parent bud from the numerous budlets which are its offspring. E. Darwin.