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Show BL1 BL and aorm.] A fmall viper, ‘called likewife a flow worm ; believed not to b venomous You fpotted fnakes} with double tongue Thorpy hedgehogs, be not feen Newts and blindwworms, do ho wrong Come not near our fairy queen Shakefpeare The greater {low wormm, called alfo the &/ind2ugrmy 1s commoaly thought to be blind, becauf of thelittlenefs of his eyes Grew 72 BLINK. . n. {blincken, Danifh. 1. To wink, or twinkle with the eyes So politick, as if one ey Upon the other were a {py That, to trepan the one to thin Hudibras or{ee'obieurely. What's here! the portrait of a dlinking tdeot Shakefpeare She Swest and lovely wall me thy chink, to 4/ink through with min eyne Shakefp. Midfummer Night's Dream His figure fuch as might his foul proclaim One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. Pope Bri'NkaARrD. z /. [from blink. 1. One that has bad eyes - 2. Something twinkling ofa film or fkin from the other parts Upo blifter like Bacon there rifeth a tumou the leave T Zo BLi'sTER, @, 7 [from the noun. rife in blifters , If 1 prove honeymouth, let my tongue blifler And never to my red-look'd anger b The trumpet any more Sbakefpeare Embrace thy knees with loathing hands Dryden Which &/iffer when they touch thee Zo Bui'sTER. @. a 1. To raife blifters by fome hurt, as by Look, here comes one, a gentlewoman of mine Who falling in the flaws of her own youth : Sbak.ej]::arc Hath b/iffer'd her report BLISS. n. /. [blyre, Sax. from bli8ayian to rejoice 1. The higheft degree of happinefs ; bleffednefs ; felicity : generally ufed of th happinefs of blefled fouls A mighty Saviour hath witneffed of himfelf, am the way ; the way that leadeth us from mifer into blifs Hoaker Dim fadnefs did not fpar That time celeftial vifages ; yet, mix' With pity, violated not their 4/if With m All my redeem'd may dwell, in joy and 8/ifs. Milt Condition, circumftance is not the thiag Blifs is the fame in fubjeét or in king Pope Bri'ssFuL. adj. [from blfi and full.] Ful of joy; happy in the higheft degree Vet fwimming in that fea of b4fsful joy He nought forgot Fairy Queen The two faddeft ingredients in hell, are deprivation of the b/ifsful vition, and confufion of face Hammond Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love Uninterrugt=d joy, unrival'd love In blifzful Dolitude Milton So peaczful fhalt thou end thy &/ifsfu/ days And fteal thyfelf from life by flow decays. = Pape " Firfk in-the fields Yrry the filvan ftrains Nor blufh to fport in Windfor's b/ifsful plains Pope eth fome other fuitable token either of diflike o approbation Hooker Then figh not fo, but let them go And be you blithe and bonny Shake[peare For that fair female troop thou faw'ft, that feem' Of goddefles, fo 4/ithe, fo fmooth, fo gay Yet empty of all good Milton To whom the wily adder, &/ithe and glad Emprefs ! the way is ready, and not long. Milton And the milkmaid fingeth blithe And the mower whets his fcythe Milton Should he return, that troop fo /ithe and bold Precipitant in fear, would wing their flight. - Pope Brruvry adv [fro &lithe I Brr'ranEss Bri'rasoMENESS ing blithe Bri'rusome. adj n. Jf. [from &lithe. The quality of be [from blithe Gay cheerful Frofty blafts defac The blithfome year: trees of their thrivell'd fruit Are widow'd 70 BrosT @w. a Philips [probably fro bloww. To {well, or make turgid wit it has up, an intenfive particle wind His rude effay Encourage him, and b/sat him up with praife O'er ladies lips, who ftrait on kiffes dream ‘Which oft the angry Mab with b/iffers plagues Becaufe their breaths with {weetmeats tainted are Shakefpeare Y found a great b/iffer drawn by the garlick, bu had it cut, which run a good decal of water, bu Temple filled again by next sight L' degx:ee j 2;& BLOCK. 7. /. [bleck, Dutch ; blye, Fr Homer's apotheofis confifts of a group cut in the fame block of marble,g amli' ;fifigu;: above another 'M‘fif‘ 3. A mafly body Small caufes are fufficient to make 3 man u fo Way th i no ar one gre wh eafy want of a block, he will ftumble at a fray, S'wif: When, by the help of wedges and beetleg image is cleft out of.the trunk of fome trea,v'ye; after the fkill of artificers to fet forth fuch a diyip s‘illingfleei being eaten by worms 5. The piece of wood on which hats are formed Some old writers ufe 4/s4 fo the hat itfelf He wears his faith but as the fathio of his Hat it ever changes with the next block Sbakefpeare 6. The wood on which criminals are he headed R Some guard thefe traitors to the &lock of death Treafon's true bed, and yielder-upof breath, Sha At the inftant'of his death, having a long beard after his head was upon the b/ock, he gently dre his beard afide, and faid, this hath not offende the king Bao T'll drag him thence Even from the holy altar to the block Dryden 7. An obftru&tion a ftop teoufnefs fake is our felicity, when he fees usru fo from it, that no crime is block encugh in ou way to ftop our flight Decay of Piety 8. A fea term for a pully 9. A blockhead; a fellow remarkabl fo frupidity The country s a defert, where the goo Gain'd inhabits not}; born's not underftoad ; Fhere men become beafts, and prone to all evils Donne In cities, blocks What tonguelefs blocks were they, would they na Shakefpeare's Richard i fpeak 70 BLock @. a [bloguer, Fr. levels the mother with the daughter. I cannot bu be troubled to fee fo many well-fhaped innocen virgins bloated up, and waddling up and down lik The ftates about them tfhould neither by encreafe of dominion, nor by blocking of trade, hav big-beilied women Zo Brosr. w.n 'To grow turgid Addifon If a perfon of a firm conftitution begins to lsat Arbuthnot The bloat king BLo'aTEpNESs Shakelpeare's Hamlet #. /. [from éloat. Taur gidnefs 5 fwelling; tumour Lafiitude, lazinefs bloatednefs, an fpots, are fymptoms of weak fibres fcorbutica Arbutbnot Bro'esEr. n. /. [from &lob.] A wor ufed in fome counties for a bubble ‘There fwimmet alfo in the fea a round Qim fubftance, called a blobber, reputed noifome to th fith 1. A heavy piece of timber, rather thic than long 2. A mafs of matter 1. To fhut up; to inclofe, fo as to hinde BroaT. adj. Swelled with intemperance turgid In this ftate the gallops, night by night That he may get more bulk before he dies. Dryd ‘The ftrutting petticoat fmooths all diftinétions Biy'ssrurLness. z. [ [ from blififul.] Happicefs ; fulnels of joy bloed nofed, and blobberlipped G Can he ever dream, that the fuffering for righ from being warm grows cold, his fibres grow weak BLI'STER. 2. [, [bluyfer, Dutch. 1. A puftule formed by raifing the cuticl from the catis, and filled with ferou His perfon deformed to the highef block, it cannot one moment fecure itfelf fro Bri'ssruLey. adv, [from blifsful.] Happily To Br1i ssoMmirw. n/ To caterwaul ; to b Toftfal Dis mu‘?Tell,.l bberlipped fhell, feemeth to be g fjng o BLITHE. adj. [bli8e, Saxon.] Gay ; airy merry ; joyous; {prightly ; mirthful T bliftered the legs and thighs ; but was too late Wifleman he died howling blithe manner Milton or chkkliisfwflxe@ BLo'BBERL'IPPED 4. A rude piece of matter: in contempt and, according to th nance of our enemies blithe or heavy afpec thereof, our other eye thew and in fome none but &linkards, and obfcure ones Hakeavill ] ad]. Haihia BLOBLIPPED 2. To raife blifters with a medical intention ‘We have always one eye fixed upon the counte In fome parts we fee many glorious and eminen ftars, in others few of any remarkable greatnefs 2. Felicity in gerferal 2. Any fwelling made by the feparatio burn, or ribbing "I'he other blind, both ftrove to blink 2. BiL. Carew Bro'BBERLIP. #. /. [from blob, or blobber and /ip.] A thick lip They make a wit of their infipid friend His blobberlips and beetlebraws commend Dryden egrefs 5 to obftruct it in their power to hurt or annoy clean.sh data import.tsv out README Clarenden They block the caftle kept by Bertram But now they cry, down with the palace, fireit Dryden 2. It has often #p, to note claufure Recommend it to the governor of Abingdon, t fend fome troops to &lock it sp, from infefting th Clarendon great road The abbot raifes an army, and blocks up the tow on the fide that faces his dominions Addifen Brock-rouUSE. #. /. [ from block and boy 2 A fortrefs built "to obftruct or block u a pafs, commonly to defend a harbour His entrance is guarded with leack-boufess an that on the town's fide fortified with ordnance Caseav Rochefter water reacheth far within the Jand and js under the prote&ion of fome block-boufes Ra]z' Brock TiN. 7. f. [from Hmé'anfl vin. So the tradefmen call that which 1s pur or unmixed, and yet unwrought. ‘5',"}'1" BrLockA D |