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Show BL He feems to underftand no difference betwee titles of refpect and as of worfhip; between ex O coward confcience, how doft thou afliét ma The lights burn blue Is it not dead midnight Cold fearful drops ftand on my trembling fledh Shake[peare Why does one climate and one foil endu The blufhing poppey with a crimfon hue Yet leave the lily pale, and tinge the violet Slue preflions of efteem and devotion; between religious and civil worthip: for he blunders and con- founds all thefe together; and whatever prove one, he thinks, proves all the reft Prior There was fcarce any other colour fenfible be- fides red and bluc; only the blues, and principall the fecond blue, inclined a little to green Neavtorn BLu'eBoTTLE. 7. /. [cpanus ; from blu and ébozrle. 1. A flower of the bell thape; a {pecies o bottleflower If you put bluchottles, or other blue flowers, int an ant-hill, they will be flainel with red: becaufe the ants thruft their ftings, and inftil int them their ftinging liquor Ray Did ever with fuch, fury drive Prior blue an egye. Thy filver brow, and meet thy golden lover Crafbaw Dryd BLUEHA"IRED. adj. [from bluc and bair. Having blue hair Milton. With a blu In a moment our liquor may be deprived of it bluenefs, and reftored to it again, by the affufion o a few drops of liquors .Bayle on Colours BrLurr. adj. Big; furly; bluftering Like thofe whom ftature did to crowns prefer Black-brow'd and b/uff, like Homer's Jupiter Dryden Blu in Side fleeves and fkirts, round underborne wit a bluifb tinfel Shakéfpearc At laft, 25 far as T could caft my eye Upon the fea, fomewhat, ‘methought, did rif Like bluifb mifts ‘Dryden Here, in full light, the ruffet plains extend There, wrapt in clouds, the &/uifb hills afcend Pope Brvu'isaness. n f [from &lue. degree of blue colour X coul make with crud copper A {mal a folutio without the bluifbuefs that is wont to accompany it vulgar folutions ‘Boyle 70 BLUNDER @. n. [blunderen, Dutch perhaps from.4/ind. 1. [o miftake grofsly; toerr very widely to miftake ftupidly. Tt is a word implying contempt It is one thing to forget matter of fact, and another to blunder upon the reafon of it. L'Eftrange. The grandees and giants in knowledge, wh laughed at all befides themfelves, as barbarous an infignificant, yet blundered their principal concern 2 an ftumbled abou South To flounder ; to ftumble He who now to fenfe, now nonfenfe leaning Means not, but blunders round about a meaning 7o BLu'NDER. w. blindly 2 Pope ob But till the bluntnefs of his darts betray' S oarfenefs ; roughnef rude fincerity His filence gr of manger w wit, his bluntnefs integricy, ffi beafliy ignorance virtuous fimplicity idney Manage difputes with civility wh nce fom readers will be affifted to difcer a ifference be twixt bluntnefs of fp ech and frength of rea Falfe friends, his deadlieft foes, could find ng v?;& But fhows of honett dluntnefs to betray Dryd:i Ablot ; a ftain ; a fpot rate of this thick-fkulle th " a total univerfal pollution. 70 BLur every plow-jobber fhall take upon him to read upon divinity L' Eftrange Sautl; [from the noun. to obfcure; without quit to fay, whether they can, or cannot, by educatio Valentine being gone, I'll quickly crofs,| 2 "By fome {ly trick, 6/unt Thurio's dull proceeding. Shakefpeare. and cuftom, be blurred and blotted out To blot to ftain Lok to fully Sarcafms may eclipfe thine own But cannot é/ur my loft renown 3. Rough ; not delicate; not civil Hudibras 7o BLurT. w. a. {without etymology. To {peak inadvertently; to let fl without thinking: commonly with intenfive Whitehead, a grave divine, was ofa b/unt ftoica nature One day the queen happened to fay, like thee the better, becaufe thou liveft unmarried He anfwered, Madam, I like you the worfe.. Bacon The mayor of the town came to feize them i a blunt manner, alleging a warrant to ftop. them Wetton 'Tis not.enough your counfel ftill be true Bluze traths more mifchief than nice falfehoods do Pope Others caft out bloody and deadly fpeeches a random; an canno hold, but blurt eut, thof words, which afterwards they are forced to cat Hakewill They had.fome belief of a Deity, which they upon furprizal, thus b/urt out. Govern. of the Tongut They bluth if they &lurt out, ere well aware not elegant A fwan is white, o To ufe too many circumftances, ¢re one com to the matter, is wearifome ; to ufe none at all, i blunt Bacon 1. To betra fhame Yourg Queenfbury is faix;_. To BLUSH. w. #. [blofen, Dutch. 5. Hard to penetrate. This ufe is improper or confufion, by red colour on the cheek or forehead I find my heart hardened and 6/unt to new impreflions ; it will fcarce receive or retain affe@ion of yefterday Pope I have mark' A thoufand b/u/birg apparition To ftart into her face ; athoufand innocent fhames In angel whitenefs, bear away thefe blufhes. Skak 7o BLunT. w. a. [from the noun. 1. To dull the edge or point I will go wath And, when my face is fair, you fhall percciv So ficken waining moons too near the fun And blunt their crefcents on the edge of day, Dryd Whether I &/u/b or no Earthy limbs and grofs alla Blunt not the beams of heav'n, and edge of day Dryden which are b/ufbing in a man's own S.bah{[film‘ All thefe things are graceful in a friend's mouth Bacen Shame caufeth blufbing; blufbing is the refort of the blood to the face; although &lufbing ‘f"ll bere He had fuch things to urge againft our marriage As, now declar'd, would slunt my fword in.battle feen in_the whole breaft, yet that.is but in pafeg Bacon to the face _ Dryden Blujh, then, but blufh for your deftrudive filence 2. Toxeprefs-or weaken any appetite, de That tears your foul fire, or power of the mind mith 2. To carry a red -colour, or any foft an bright colour Blunt not his love Nor lofe the good advantage of his grace To=day'he puts fort Shakefpeare To mix foolifhly or BLu'NTLY, adwv. [from &lunt. 1. In a blunt manner; without fharpnefs Which then he wore Shakefpeare Concerning innate principles, I defite thefe me 2. Dull in wnderftanding;5 not quick By feeming cold o That blurs the grace and bluth of modefty Calls virtue hypocrite Shakepeare Long is it fince I.faw hi But time hath nothing b/ur+'d thofe lines of favous Ecclef And daftardize my courage Such an a& " If the iron be blunt, and he do not wet the edge 4. Abrupt @. a 1. To blot effacing blunderbead then muft he put to more ftrength Man, once fallen, was nothing but 2 great blyp Thanks to that beauty, which can give an edg to the blunteft fwords Sidney The qua &lue dulnef To pierce my ftubb rn and refiting brea BLUNT. adj. [etymology uncertain. 1. Dull on the edge or point ; not fharp This *fquire he dropp'd his pen full foon While as the light burnt &/uely Savift [fro or point oy, that had full of¢ effay' 1t is our own ignorance that makes us charg thofe works of the Almighty as defes or blunders Derban. as ill-contrived or ill-made A The greateft and the beft of all the main He quarters to his dlue-bair'd deities of edg [from blunt. tufenefs ; want of fharpnefs The crafty BLu'NDERHEAD. 7 /. [from blunder an A ftupid fellow head. This place lity of being blue 1. Wan an author, or will pronounce him a mere b/underer, according to the company they have kept Watts Nor to the temple was the gone, to mov Bru"eness. n. /. [from blue. It was the advice of Schomberg to an hiforian that he fhould avoid being particularin the drawing up of an army, and other circumftances in th day of battle; for that he had obferved notoriou "blunders and abfurdities committed by writers no Addifon converfant in the art of war A. Bru'NtwITTED. 4d). [from blun an BLu'NDERER. 2. [ '[from blunder. avzt. Dull; ftupid man apt to commit blunders ; a block Bluntaitted lord, ignoble in demeanoyr, Shak head Another fort of judges will decide in favour of BLUR. #. /. {borra, Span. a blot, Skinner, Rife, then, fair 4/us-eyed maid, rife and difcove Witn prayers the blue-cyed progeny of Jove A man of honeft blood, s‘h hjfim BrLu'sTNESS. . There ave blunderbuffes in every hoop-hole, tha go off of .their own accord at the fqueaking of Dryden fiddle Crizs out, What blusbortle aliv .colour A grof BrLu'NDER. 7./ [from the verb. or fhameful miftake Who to his wife, before the time aff gn' For childbirth came, thus blunely fpoke his miyg a chance of hitting the mark A fly upon the chatiot pol Bru'eLy. adv. [from blwe. gun that is charged with many bulletfi fo that, without any exaét aim, there i Say, fire of ini2Ets, mighty Sol BLue-eYED. adj. [fro Having blue eyes 2. Coarfely; plainly; rou 1 can keep honeft counfels, mar Stilling flect BLu'NDERBUSS. 7. f.[from blunder. 2. A fly with a large blue belly BLu'isH. adj fmall degree B BL The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow bl°fl'°_m And bears his. blifbing honours S kupo |