English English Dictionary

Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip.

of Blubber

The act of weeping noisily.

Swollen; protuberant.

Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass.

A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Blucher.

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.

To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.

Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.

A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.

Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.

Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.

Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.

Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.

Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

Alt. of Blue-bonnet

A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers.

The United States official "Biennial Register."