English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Blithesome (a.)

Cheery; gay; merry.

Blive (adv.)

Quickly; forthwith.

Blizzard (n.)

A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.

Bloat (v. t.)

To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Bloat (v. t.)

To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

Bloat (v. t.)

To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.

Bloat (v. i.)

To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.

Bloat (a.)

Bloated.

Bloat (n.)

A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.

Bloated (p. a.)

Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.

Bloated (imp. & p. p.)

of Bloat

Bloatedness (n.)

The state of being bloated.

Bloater (n.)

The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.

Bloating (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bloat

Blob (n.)

Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.

Blob (n.)

A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.

Blobber (n.)

A bubble; blubber.

Blobber-lipped (a.)

Having thick lips.

Blocage (n.)

The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.

Block (v. t.)

The pattern or shape of a hat.