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Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

Formed of, or having, two laminæ, or thin plates.

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. -- Blam"a*ble*ness, n. -- Blam"a*bly (, adv.

censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. Tillotson.

Faulty; meriting blame. Shak.

Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of. A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. Mallet. We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17.

In a blameless manner.

The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.

One who blames. Wyclif.

Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n.

A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying combustion by means of a blast.

A colorless liquid base, C4H9NH2, of which there are four isomeric varieties.

A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked. "a gay calamanco waistcoat." Tatler.

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel- brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood.

A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of back, shaped very much like a quill pen.…

A fragrant wood; agalloch.

wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.

Producing reeds; reedy.

A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.