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Show BL BL 2. To dim the eyes This ma P ftand for a pretty fuperficlal argu ment, to blear our eyes, and Jull us afleep in fecurity Raléigh fhal if w negle to bleffed difpofitions, what others can undertake it upon the edges of th an extraordinary reputation, than fuch as lie ope to the fame cenfures; raifing applaufe to them Th . fun Shakefpeare And blear the one at th' other You may as well ufe quetion with the wolf ‘Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb Merch.of Ven. For me the balm fhall b/eed, and amber flow The coral redden, and the ruby glow Pope 70 BLEED. w. a blood from 'To let blood; to tak That from a patriot of diftinguifh'd note Have bled and purg'd me to a fimple vote.. Pope edj Brerr. Bathful BraTe. § Scotland counties %o BLE'MISH an It is ufe i borderin th w.a. [from blame, Funius from &leme, white, Fr. Skinner. 1. To mark with any deformity Likelier that my outward face might have bee difguifed; than/that the face of fo excellent a min could have been thus &lemifbed Sidney 2. To defame Not that my verfe would blemifb all the fair But yet if fome be bad, tis wifdom to beware. Dry Thofe, who, by concerted defamations of deformity ; afcar minution of beauty As he hath caufed a blemijb in a man, fo fhall i Leviticus be done to him again Open it fo from the eye-lid, that you divid not that for, in fo doing, you will leave a reme dilefs blerifb Wifeman He bleffed, and brake, and gave the loaves Matthew BrExce. @.a firuét. Not ufed The rebel ground on th of hay befor fight, and dea To hinder all for ever With longer life than earth and heav'n can have Davies 5. Tt feems, in one place of Spenfer, t fignify the fame as ro wawe; to brandifb ; to flourifp. 'This fignification i taken from an old rite of our Romif anceftors, who, &leffing 2 field, dircfte their hands in quick fuccefiion to al 7o BLEND. . a. preter. I blended ; anciently, &lent. [blenban, Saxon. 1. To mingle together parts of it ‘Whom when the prince fo battle new addreft And threat'ning high his dreagful ftroke did fee His fparkling blade about his head he kf *Tis beauty truly b/ent, whofe red and whit Nature's own fweet and cunning hand hath lai on Shakefpeare The miftion taught by the ancients is oo fligh or grofs ; for bodies mixed according to their hypothefis, would not appear fuch to the acute eye of a lynx, who would difcern the elements, if the were no otherwife mingled, than but blended bu And fmote off quite his right leg by the knee Fairy Queen BLr'ssEp. particip. adj. [from To tlefu enjoying felicity 1. Happy Bleffed are the barren Luke All generations fhall call me élg[m'ed Luke 2. Holy and happy ; happy in the favou of God not united Bayle He had his calmer influence, and his mie Did love and majefty together blend Dryden The grave, where even the great find reft And blended lie th' oppreffor and th? opprefs'd Pope 3. Happy in the joys of heaven Bleffed are the dead which die in the Lord. Rew Brre'ssep Thiffle. [cnicus, Lat.] The nam of a plant 2z, To confound The moon fhould wander from her beaten way the times and feafons of the‘year d/end' themfelve by difordered and confufed mixture Hogker BLE'ssepL¥. adw. [from Hefed. pily Map of Clitophon's taking, had f - Sidney blefledly procured their meeting Thi Thi fignification was anciently much in ufe acciden BrLe'ssEpNESs. 7 /i [fro 1. Happinefs ; felicity but is now wholly obfolete Which when he faw, he burnt with jealous fire The eye of reafon was with rage yblent. Fairy 2 Regard of worldly muck doth foully blend Hooker blefs' befieged them, winning the eve top, by carrying up great trufle them, to blench the defendant their fhot Carew And low abafe the high Reroick fpirit But b/fs'd be that great pow'r, that hath u to ob 3. To pollute; to{poil; to corrupt ceived ; to celebrate Though fometimes you do &/ench from this to that Shakefpeare As caufe doth minifter endea a di 3. To confecrate by a prayer Doth lefler blench at fufterance than I do. Shakefp Hold you ever to our fpecial drift Bre'misH. x /. [from the verb. mar And this is the blefling wherewith Mofes th man of God blgffed the children of Ifrael, befor | his death. 7 D'e'ittmfiomy Unto us there is one only guide of all agent natural, and he both the creator and worker of al in all, alone to be bgffed, adored, and honoure b wvour to blemifh his charaéter, incur the complicate guilt of flander and perjury Addifon 1. Shakefpeare T'll obferve his looks T'l} tent him to the quick ;if he but blench Shakefpeare I know my courfe Patience herfelf, what goddefs ¢'er fhe be to tarnifh, with refpeét t reputation 2. 'To with happinefs to another ; to pro nounce a blefling upon him 4. To praife ; to glorify for benefits re 7 for a fever 4. To drop, as blood. Tt is applied t any thing that drops from fome body o incifion, as blood from an animal O hofpitable Jove! we thus invoke Blefs to both nations this aufpicious hour. byjd;, 7o BrencH. w.n To fhrink; to far back; to give way: not ufed Bacon 3. To lofe blood medicinally ; as, he é/e Dryder beauty, as well as a b/emifb, the fubject of derifion Addifon Many, upon ‘the feeing of others &leed, or firan¢gled, or tortured, themfelves are ready to faint, a F Had he thy reafon, would he fkip and play ? Pope with fuch But fhe return'd no more, to blefs his longing eyes Waller To love, a blemifp to my theught That your duty may no blemifh take I will myfelf your father's captive make. Dryden Such a mirth as this is' capable of making Sbal:g,';bearc The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day thi ,hero‘b[ej};Clarendon To ftop her flight, and ftrain the flying fhade Evadne's hufband ! 'tis a faul Great tyranny, lay thou thy bafis fure 2. To die a violent death eifle What virtue dwells not in his loyal breaft:? 77,1y In vain with folding arms the youth affay' Is conformity with Rome a blemifb unto th church of England, and unto churches abroad a Hooker ornament Not a hair perifh'd On their fuftaining garments not a blemifb Skakefpeare 1 bleed inwardly for my lord Bleed, bleed, poor conntry " 1f they bled Sidney But frefher than before for fo long time together, have been 4i with Happ That clear fhe died from blemifp criminal. Fairy 2 Chapman For goodnefs dare not check thee age Live thou, and to thy mother dead atteft Bres. n /. {blaen, to fwell, Germ.] Skinner blifter BLED. preterite and particip. [from T fulleft meafure of felicity, that'any people, in folemnize cr bleed. 9% BrEEDp. w. n. pret. I dled; I hav " bled. {bleban, Saxon. 1. To lofe blood; to run with blood Ere that I leave with fong of praife her praife t . Set in:my fhip, mine ear reach'd, where we rode The bellowing of oxen, and the blea Of fleecy fheep Sz This kingdom enjoyed the greateft calm, m&? Addifon a blemifb Dyyden Th There 's nothing ferious in mortality Firft fhall virtue be vice, and beauty be counte What bull dares bellow, or what fheep dares bleat BreaT. 7 /. [from the verb. of a fheep or lamb 1 had liv'd a blgffed time : for, from this inftant $. A foil ; turpitude ; taint ; deformity ‘While on fweet grafs her bleating charge does lie, Rofcommen Our happy lover feeds upon her eye ‘Within the lion's den Had I but die tation, though in the blameable parts of his cha rater It is twice blefed It bleffeth him that gives, and him that takes Shakefpiars Ch:'n:'fizfi' an hour before thi felves, for refembling a perfon of an exalted repu as a fheep We were as twinn'd lambs, that did frifk 1° th Upon the place beneath None more induftrioufly publifh the blewmifbes o To cr o BLeaT., w. 7. [blezan, Sax. The quality of mercy is not firain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain of heaye Spratt negligence i fuccefsful without fome blemifh to us, fome refle&tion on ou Wileman eyelids, makes a blearednefs 1. To make happy ; to profper ; to mak the_f propagat Brr'aREDNESS. 7./. [from bleared.] Th ftate of being bleared, or dimmed wit rheum defluxion fallin bleffed or bleft. [bleryan, Sa&g%qu That you have been earneft, fhould be no blewif Hooker ‘or difcredit at all unto you An i 77 BLESS:-w: o, shemith Sibiske 2. Reproach ; difgrace; imputation Blefid] Many times have I, leaning to yonder palin, ad mired the blefJednels of it, that it could bear lov % tS'ldflQ‘ without the fenfe of pain Fuairy Q His overthrow heap'd happinefs upon him The whilft thy kingdom from thy head is rent For then, and not till then, he'felt him{elf And thy throne royal with difhonour dlent. Spenfer And found the bleffednefs of being little. ‘Sbak{/}' 2. Sandlity BLE'NDER. #./. [from To blend.] Th perfon that mingles Brent. The obfolete participle of blend See Briyp, ' Earthlier happy is the rofe diftill'd Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dics in fipgle bleffednefs- Shake "3. Heavenl |