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Show B BALI 2. Without writing ; unwritten ; empt of all marks Our fubftitutes at home fhall have blank charters Whereto, when they know that men are rich They fhall fubfcribe them for large fums of gold Shake[peare Upon the debtor fide, I find innumerable arti cles; but, upon the creditor fide, little more tha blank paper Addifon See better, Lear, and let me fill remai The true dlank of thine eye Shakefpeare Buank. w. a. [from blank; blan chir, Fr. 1. To damp ; to confufe; to difpirit 7 Each oppofite, that blanks the face of joy Meet what I would have well, and it deitroy. .dek Dagon muft ftoop, 2nd thall ere long receiv hi po de t qu l fh a fi co di Su 3. Pale; confufed; crufhed; difpirite ; . Of all thefe boafted trophies won on me fubdued ; deprefled And with confufion blank his worfhippers There without fuch boaft; or fign of joy Solicitous and blank, he thus began Adam Milton foon as he hear MiltonIf the atheift, when he dies,flould find tha his foul remains, how will this man be amazed an Tillotfon blanked 2.1 Fo Ié?face 5 to annul The fatal trefpafs done by Eve, amaz'd Aftonied ftood, and blank, while horrour chil Ran through his veins, and all his joints relax'd Milton But now no face divine contentment wears *Tis all blank fadnefs, or continual fears Pope 4. Without rhyme ; where the rhyme i blanched, or mifled Thetady fhall fay her mind freely, or the blan verfe thall halt forit Shakefpeare Long have your ears been fill'd with tragic arts - Blood agd b/a,nlz verfe have harden'd all your hearts Addifon Our blank verfe, where there is no rhyme to fupport the expreffion, is extremely difficult to fuch a are not mafters in the tongue Addifon Brank. # /. [from the adjeétive. i. A void {pace on paper I cannot write a paper full as I ufed to do; an yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch fro All former putpofes were blanked, the governou at a bay, and all that charge loft and cancelled BLA'NKET #.[. [blanchette, Fr. 1. A woollen cover Spcn ey foft, and loofely wo ven, {fpread commonly upon a bed, ove the linen fheet, for the procurement o warmth The abilities of man muft fall thort on one fid or other, like too fcanty a blanket when you ar a-bed; if you pull it upon your fhoulders, yo leave your feet bare; if you thruft it down upo your feet, your fhoulders are uncovered Zemple Himfelf among the ftoried chiefs he fpies As from the blanket high in air he flies Pape of pear fometime writte 7 BLA'NKET @. 2. [from the noun. Swif you2. A lot, by which nothing is gained ; 1. To cover with a blanket My face I'll grime with filth which has no prize marked upon it My name hath touch'd your ears Shakefpeare In fortune's lottery lie A heap of dlanks, like this, for one fimall prize Dryden The world the coward will defpife ‘When life s a blank, who pulls not for a prize Drydes 3. A paper from whic the writin i effaced She has lefthim The blank of what he was 1 tell thee, eunuch, fhe has quite unmann'd him Dryden 4 A paper unwritten ; any thin with out marks or charafters For him, I think noton him; for his thoughts Would they were blanks, rather than fill'd wit me Skakefpeare Omifiion to do what is neceffary Seals a commiffion to a blank of danger Shake[p For the book of knowledge fair Prefented with an univerfal blan Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd. Milz Life may be one great b/ank, which, though no blotted with fin, is yet without any charalter o grace or virtue Rogers 5. The point to which an arrow is direéted; fo called, becaufe, to be more vifible, it was marked with white. No difufed Slander ‘Whofe whifper o'er the world's diameter As level 2s the cannon to his blunk Tranfports its poifon'd fhot " Shakefpeare 6. Aim ; fhot Not ufed The harlot kin Is quite beyond my 2im ; out of the blank An An Fo level of my brain Shakefpeare have fpoken for you all my beft ftood within the &lank of his difpleafure ... Shakefpeare my free fpeech, 7. Objec to which any thingis direéted a z. To tofs in a blanket, by way of penalt And of his friends there, it 1s lots to &lank oh he cry'd, what ftreet, what lane, bu know Our purgings, pumplags, blanketings an Tevetta O man, take heed how thou the gods d f moye To caufe full wrath, which thou cap ft mc,mfin Blafphemous words the fpeaker vain do prove, § And dar'ft thou to the Son of Gog pro s ff" accuf :" mor no accu ft the worf i T For this attempt, bolder than that on Eye And more dlafphemous : M A man can hardly pafs the fireets, without ;,to»'" ing his cars grated with horrid ang blafibmz: ~~oaths and curfes That any thin chriftian that wear or but-of man the M:ZI 103?" fhould venture to ‘h fuch a villainous, impudent, and blafphem tion in the face of the world, as this m,;g:[r BLA"spuzmMoUsLY.adv. [fromblafpbey Impioufly; with wick irreverence Wher is the right ufe o his reafon, while h would blafphbemgufly fet up to controul th " f?:z_ilfn‘r mands of the Almighty BLa'seueMY. 2 /0 (from blajpheme, Blafpheny, ftriétly and propetly, is-an offering o indignity, or injury, unto God himfelf, ; ther by words or writing dy,lfifiu But that my heart 's on future mifchief ( 1 would fpeak blafphemy, erc bid you fly Shakefpeay But fly you muft Intrinfick goodnefs confifts in accordancean fin in contrariety to the fecret will of Gog 5 o elfe God could not be defined good, fo far as hi thoughts and fecrets, but only fuperficially good, far as he is pleafed to reveal himfelf, whicl perfe€t blafphemy to imagine Hammond Germ. to blow. 1. A guft or puff of wind They ;lhat ftand high have many b/affs to fhak them And, if they fall, they dath themfelves to pieces or contempt Ah irre e 1 BLAST. x. /. [from bleyz, Sax. b Blanket my loins; tie all my hair in knots. Sha? If you have heard your general talk of Rome Impioofl with regard to God. ipi fom Nor heav'n peep through the blanket of the dark Shakefpeare To cry, hold ! hold 2. A kin blanquer on 2 the fecond. blows Pope Bra'~NrLy.adv, [from blank.] In a blaxf manner ; with whitenefs ; with palenefs ; with confufion 7 BrarE. @. n. [blaren, Dutch.] To belIow; to roar Skinner To BLASPHE'ME. @, a. [blajphemo, lo Lat. 1. To fpeak in terms of impious. irréverence of God 2. To fpeak evil of The trueft iffue of thy thron Shake[peare ‘Welcome, then Thow unfubftantial air, thatT embrace The wretch that thou haft blown upto the worf Owes nothing te thy blafts Shakefpeare Perhaps thy fortune doth controul the winds, Both loofe or bind their &/affs in fecret cave. Fairf Three fhips were hurry'd by the fouthern biafl And on the fecret fhelves with fury caft. Dryden 2. The found made by blowing any inftrument of wind mufick In peace there's nothing fo becomes a man As modeft ftillnefs and humility; But when the 4/af of war blow in our ears Then imitate the ation of the tyger. Shakefpeare He blew his trumpet-the angelick blaff = Milton Fill'd all the regions The Veline fountains, and fulphurcous Nar Shakefpeare Shake at the baleful &/af}, the fignal of the war. Drydett Whether there be two different goddeffes calle Blafpheme their fecder, and forget their lord. Pope Fame, or one goddefs founding two different trumpets, it is certain villainy has as good a title to By his own interdi€ion ftands accurs'd And does blafpheme his breed - Thofe who from our labours heap their board 70 Brasrue'mEe, v, #. To fpeak blafphe- m}' 4 Liver of blafpheming Jew Shakefpeare I punithed them oft in every fynagogue, an compelled them to &lafpheme Aéts Braspue MER. n /o [from dlajpheme.] wretch that {peaks of God in impiou and irrgverent terms Who was before arblafphemer and a perfecutor and injurious 1 Timothy Even that blafpbemer himfelf would inwardl reverence his reprover, as he in his heart reall defpifes him for his cowardly bafe filence. Sourb Deny the curft blafphemer's tongue to rage And turn God's fury from an impious age. Tickell Should each blafpbemer quite efcape the rod Becaufe the infult's not to man, but God ? Pope BrLa'spuemous. adj. [from blafpheme: I is ufually fpoken twith the accent on th firlt fyllable, but ufed by Milten with i blaf} from the proper trumpet, as virtuehas fio the former Sayift 3. The ftroke of a malignant planet; th infetion of any thing peftilential, [fro the verb 75 blap. By the b/aft of God they,perith Fob 70 BLAST. @. a. [from the noun. plague o 1. To firike with fome fudde ~calamity You nimble lightnings, dart yourblinding flam Into her fcornful eyes! infect her beauty You fenfuck'd fogs, drawn by the powerful fun To fall and d/af her pride.. Oh Shakefpearc Portius, is there not fome chofen curfe; Some hidden thunder in the ftore of heayen Red with uncommon wrath, to blaft the ma Who owes his greatnefs to his country's ruin ca 2. To make to wither Addifon Upon this é/afled heath you ftop our ways S fi |