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An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

A bishop's seat or see.

A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spæt'lum.

A West Indian tree (Picræna excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.

A negro or negress. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. -- n.

See Blackamoor.

See Colicroot.

A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour.

A senseless babbler or boaster. [Obs.] "I hate such blatteroons." Howell.

A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.

Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. Waller. Half blood (Law), relationship through only one parent. -- Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half bl…

Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [Obs. & R.] The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak.

Bloodshot. [Obs.]

An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.

Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.

A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.