This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue.
Shak.
Blis"ter*y (&?;), a. Full of blisters. Hooker.
Blite (blt), n. [L. blitum, Gr. bli`ton.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs (Blitum>) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite.
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Blithe (bl), a. [AS. blðe blithe, kind; akin to Goth. bleiþs kind, Icel. blðr mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, OHG. bldi kind, blithe.] Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.
The blithe sounds of festal music.
Prescott.
A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair.
Milton.
Blithe"ful (bl"fl), a. Gay; full of gayety; joyous.
Blithe"ly, adv. In a blithe manner.
Blithe"ness, n. The state of being blithe. Chaucer.
Blithe"some (-sm), a. Cheery; gay; merry.
The blithesome sounds of wassail gay.
Sir W. Scott.
-- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n.
Blive (blv), adv. [A contraction of Belive.] Quickly; forthwith. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bliz"zard (blz"zrd), n. [Cf. Blaze to flash. Formerly, in local use, a rattling volley; cf. "to blaze away" to fire away.] A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast. [U. S.]
Bloat (blt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloating.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw. blöt soft, blöta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and AS. bleát wretched; or perh. fr. root of Eng. 5th blow. Cf. Blote.] 1. To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.