~Bet~, _v. a._ Stake, pledge, wager, lay, wage.
~Betake one's self~, Resort, repair, apply, have recourse.
~Bethink one's self~, Consider, reflect, take thought.
~Betide~, _v. a._ Befall, overtake, happen to, come to.
~Betime~, _ad._ Seasonably, early, before it is too late.
~Betimes~, _ad._ Seasonably, early, before it is too late.
~Betoken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Signify, denote, indicate, represent, typify,
imply, prove, show, argue.
~2.~ Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, presignify.
~Betray~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver up (_by breach of trust_), give up
treacherously.
~2.~ Violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by
treachery.
~3.~ Discover, divulge, reveal, tell, blab, show, make known.
~4.~ Mislead, lure, insnare, entrap, inveigle.
~Betroth~, _v. a._ Affiance, pledge in marriage, engage to marry.
~Betrothment~, _n._ Engagement.
~Better~, _a._ ~1.~ More good, more excellent, good in a higher degree.
~2.~ More useful, more valuable.
~3.~ Preferable, more desirable, more acceptable.
~4.~ More fit, more appropriate, more suitable.
~5.~ Improved in health, less ill.
~6.~ More familiar, more intimate.
~Better~, _n._ ~1.~ Superiority, advantage.
~2.~ Improvement, greater good.
~3.~ Superior.
~Better~, _ad._ ~1.~ In a superior manner, in a more excellent way,
more fully, more completely.
~2.~ With greater advantage, more usefully or profitably.
~3.~ More, in a higher degree.
~Better~, _v. a._ Improve, amend, emend, meliorate, ameliorate,
reform, make or render better.
~Better-half~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Wife.
~Bettering~, _n._ Improvement, amendment, melioration, amelioration.
~Between~, _prep._ BETWIXT.
~Betwixt~, _prep._ [_Nearly obsolete._] Between.
~Be upon the tapis.~ Be under consideration, be on the carpet.
~Bevel~, _n._ Chamfer.
~Bevel~, _v. a._ Chamfer.
~Beverage~, _n._ Drink, potion.
~Bevy~, _n._ ~1.~ Flock, covey.
~2.~ Company (_especially of women_), party.
~Bewail~, _v. a._ Bemoan, lament, deplore, mourn for, mourn over,
express sorrow for.
~Bewail~, _v. n._ Mourn, lament, sorrow, grieve.
~Beware~ _v. n._ Mind, take care, be cautious.
~Bewilder~, _v. a._ Perplex, confound, confuse, embarrass, puzzle,
stagger, pose, nonplus, mystify, entangle.
~Bewilderment~, _n._ Perplexity, embarrassment, confusion, entanglement.
~Bewitch~, _v. a._ Charm, fascinate, enchant, captivate, transport,
enravish, enrapture, entrance.
~Be with child~, Be pregnant, be big, be ENCEINTE, be in the family way.
~Beyond~, _prep._ ~1.~ On the further side of.
~2.~ Before, at a distance before.
~3.~ Remote from, out of the reach of, out of the grasp of.
~4.~ Farther than.
~5.~ Above, superior to.
~Beyond~, _ad._ Yonder, at a distance.
~Bias~, _n._ Inclination, bent, leaning, tendency, predilection,
prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, partiality,
prejudice, disposition, predisposition, turn, PENCHANT.
~Bias~, _v. a._ Influence, incline, prejudice, dispose, predispose.
~Bible~, _n._ [Used with _The_ prefixed.] The Scriptures, the Old and
New Testaments, the sacred volume.
~Biblical~, _a._ Scriptural.
~Bibliomania~, _n._ Book-madness.
~Bibulous~, _a._ Spongy, porous.
~Bichloride of mercury~, Corrosive sublimate.
~Bicker~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wrangle, dispute, quarrel, spar, spat, jangle,
squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.
~2.~ Quiver, be tremulous.
~Bickering~, _n._ Dispute, quarrel, wrangle, wrangling, jangle,
jarring, jangling, sparring, altercation, dissension, contention,
strife, war of words.
~Bid~, _n._ Offer (_of a price_), bidding, proposal.
~Bid~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct.
~2.~ Offer, propose, proffer, tender.
~3.~ Pronounce, declare, utter.
~Bidding~, _n._ ~1.~ Command, order, direction, injunction, precept,
behest, requisition, mandate, appointment.
~2.~ Offer (_of a price_), bid, proposal.
~Bide~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Endure, suffer, tolerate, bear, put up with,
submit to.
~2.~ Abide, await, wait for.
~Bid fair~, Seem likely, offer a good prospect, present a fair
prospect, make a fair promise.
~Big~, _a._ ~1.~ Great, large, huge, bulky, massive, massy.
~2.~ Haughty, arrogant, proud, pompous, important, swelling,
blustering, assuming, self-conceited, self-sufficient.
~3.~ Pregnant, ENCEINTE, with child, in the family way.
~Big-bellied~, _a._ Large-bellied, great-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-
bellied, abdominous.
~Bight~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Naut._] Bend, coil.
~2.~ Bay, inlet, cove.
~Bigot~, _n._ Zealot, fanatic, enthusiast, dogmatist.
~Bigoted~, _a._ Prejudiced, crotchety, mulish, intolerant, narrow-
minded, wrong-headed, self-opinionated, over-zealous, creed-bound,
wedded to an opinion.
~Bigotry~, _n._ Prejudice, intolerance, blind zeal.
~Big-sounding~, _a._ High-sounding.
~Big-wig~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Person of consequence.
~Big-wigged~, _a._ Consequential, pompous, self-important.
~Bijou~, _n._ [Fr.] Jewel, trinket, elegant ornament.
~Bijoutry~, _n._ Jewelry, jewels, trinkets.
~Bi-labiate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Two-lipped.
~Bilbo~, _n._ Rapier, short sword.
~Bilboes~, _n. pl._ Shackles, fetters, gyves, chains.
~Bile~, _n._ Gall.
~Bileduct~, _n._ Biliary duct, hepatic duct.
~Biliary calculus~, Gall-stone.
~Biliary duct~, Bileduct, hepatic duct.
~Bilk~, _v. a._ Deceive (_by not fulfilling an engagement_),
disappoint, elude.
~Bill~, _n._ ~1.~ Beak, mandible, neb.
~2.~ Account, charges, reckoning, score.
~3.~ Statement of particulars.
~4.~ Draft of a law, projected law.
~Bill of exchange~, Draft.
~Billet~, _n._ Note, short letter.
~Billet~, _v. a._ Assign (_to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a
billet_), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.
~Billet-doux~, _n._ [Fr.] Love-letter.
~Billing and Cooing~, BLANDISHMENT.
~Billingsgate~, _n._ Ribaldry, BLACKGUARDISM, foul or profane language.
~Billow~, _n._ Wave, surge, breaker.
~Bin~, _n._ Bunker, crib.
~Binary~, _a._ Dual, double, consisting of two.
~Bind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, restrain, restrict, put bonds upon.
~2.~ Enwrap, put a bandage upon.
~3.~ Tie, fasten, secure by a bond.
~4.~ Engage, oblige, OBLIGATE, make responsible, lay under obligation.
~5.~ Confirm, ratify, sanction.
~6.~ Put a border round.
~Binding~, _n._ ~1.~ Bandage, band, fillet.
~2.~ Cover, covering.
~Binding~, _a._ ~1.~ Astringent, contracting, styptic.
~2.~ Obligatory, valid.
~Binoxide~, _n._ Deutoxide.
~Biography~, _n._ ~1.~ Life, memoir, history of a person's life.
~2.~ Biographical writings.
~Bird~, _n._ Fowl, fowl of the air.
~Birth~, _n._ ~1.~ Nativity, coming into life.
~2.~ Lineage, extraction, descent, race, family, line, ancestry.
~Birthday~, _n._ ~1.~ Natal day.
~2.~ Anniversary of one's birth.
~Bisect~, _v. a._ Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves,
halve.
~Bisection~, _n._ Halving, cutting, or dividing into two equal parts.
~Bishop~, _n._ ~1.~ Prelate.
~2.~ Bustle, tournure.
~Bishopric~, _n._ Diocese, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop.
~Bison~, _n._ [_U. S._] Buffalo.
~Bissextile~, _n._ Leap-year.
~Bit~, _n._ ~1.~ Mouth-piece of a bridle.
~2.~ Mouthful, morsel, crumb, fragment, scrap.
~3.~ Whit, tittle, jot, iota, particle, atom, grain, mite, ace,
scintilla.
~Bitch~, _n._ Slut, female dog.
~Bite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gnaw, chew, champ.
~2.~ Blast, nip (_as frost_).
~3.~ Defraud, deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, gull, overreach, jockey,
cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, diddle, impose upon, beguile,
mislead, inveigle, gammon.
~Biting~, _a._ ~1.~ Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging,
high-flavored, high-seasoned.
~2.~ Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic.
~3.~ Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing.
~Bitter~, _a._ ~1.~ That tastes like wormwood.
~2.~ Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell,
ruthless.
~3.~ Severe, harsh, stern.
~4.~ Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant,
calamitous.
~Bitter-apple~, _n._ Colocynth, coloquintida, bitter-cucumber.
~Bitter-cucumber~, _n._ BITTER-APPLE.
~Bitterness~, _n._ ~1.~ Bitter taste.
~2.~ Spleen, gall, rankling, rancor, heart-burning, animosity, hatred,
malice, malignity, spite, enmity, ill-will.
~3.~ Asperity, acerbity, severity, harshness, acrimony, ill-temper,
bad blood.
~4.~ Distress, pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, heaviness, regret,
despondency.
~Bitter-sweet~, _n._ Woody nightshade (_Solanum dulcamara_).
~Bivalve~, _a._ Two-valved, bivalvular.
~Bivalved~, _a._ Two-valved, bivalvular.
~Bivalvular~, _a._ Two-valved, BIVALVE.
~Bivouac~, _n._ and _v. n._ Halt for the night (_without encamping_).
~Bizarre~, _a._ [Fr.] Odd, fantastic, strange, singular, whimsical.
~Blab~, _v. a._ Betray, disclose, reveal, divulge, let out, speak out.
~Blab~, _v. n._ Tattle, prattle, prate, BLOW, tell tales, tell a
secret, let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school.
~Blab~, _n._ Prater, tattler, babbler, tell-tale.
~Black~, _a._ ~1.~ Dark, ebon, inky, atramentous, swarthy, murky,
dusky, pitchy, dingy, Cimmerian.
~2.~ Wicked, atrocious, villanous, heinous, flagitious, diabolic,
infernal, hellish, outrageous, monstrous, horrible.
~Black~, _n._ ~1.~ Black color.
~2.~ Mourning, black garment.
~3.~ Negro, blackamoor, black man.
~Blackamoor~, _n._ Negro, BLACK.
~Black art~, Magic, conjuration, sorcery, NECROMANCY, magical art.
~Blackball~, _v. a._ Exclude by black balls, reject by a negative vote.
~Blackcap~, _n._ Blackcap warbler, mock-nightingale (_Corucca
atricapilla_).
~Black-coat~, _n._ Clergyman, minister, divine, pastor, priest.
~Black-cock~, _n._ Heath-cock, black-grouse, black-game (_Tetrao
tetrix_).
~Blacken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Darken, make black.
~2.~ Vilify, defame, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, malign,
abuse, revile, rail at, sneer at, run down, speak ill of.
~Blackfish~, _n._ Tautog (_Labrus Americanus_).
~Blackfriar~, _n._ Dominican, predicant, jacobin, preaching friar.
~Black-game~, _n._ BLACKCOCK.
~Black-grouse~, _n._ BLACKCOCK.
~Blackguard~, _n._ Scurrilous or abusive fellow, person of low
character, vile fellow.
~Blackguard~, _a._ Scurrilous, abusive, contumelious, insulting,
ribald, vituperative, reproachful, opprobrious.
~Blackguardism~, _n._ Ribaldry, billingsgate, scurrility, indecency,
obscenity, foul or profane language.
~Black hellebore~, Christmas rose (_Helleborus niger_).
~Black-jack~, _n._ [_Term used by miners._] Blende, zinc-blende,
sulphuret of zinc, false galena, mock lead.
~Black-lead~, _n._ Plumbago, graphite.
~Blackleg~, _n._ Gambler, sharper, swindler.
~Black-mail~, _n._ ~1.~ Tribute (_paid for immunity from robbery_).
~2.~ [_U. S._] Hush-money, bribe to keep silence.
~Black man~, Negro, blackamoor, black.
~Black Sea~, Euxine.
~Black tea~, Bohea.
~Blackthorn~, _n._ Sloe (_Prunus spinosa_).
~Blade~, _n._ ~1.~ Leaf.
~2.~ Flat part (_as of a knife or an oar_).
~3.~ Buck, gallant, spark; gay, dashing fellow.
~Blain~, _n._ Pustule, blister, blotch, sore.
~Blamable~, _a._ Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty,
blameworthy.
~Blame~, _v. a._ Censure, reprove, reprehend, reflect upon, lay or
cast blame upon, find fault with, cry out against.
~Blame~, _n._ Censure, reprehension, animadversion, reproof,
condemnation, imputation of fault.
~Blameless~, _a._ Irreproachable, unimpeachable, irreprehensible,
inculpable, faultless, guiltless, unblemished, unspotted, unsullied,
undefiled, spotless, stainless, innocent.
~Blameworthy~, _a._ Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty,
blamable.
~Blanc-fix~, _n._ Permanent white, sulphate of baryta (_artificially
made_).
~Blanch~, _v. a._ Bleach, whiten, etiolate, make or render white.
~Bland~, _a._ Soft, mild, gentle, not harsh.
~Blandishment~, _n._ Caressing, caresses, endearment, soft words,
expression of affection, billing and cooing.
~Blank~, _a._ ~1.~ Void, empty.
~2.~ White, of a white color.
~3.~ Astonished, confounded, confused, dumfounded, disconcerted,
nonplussed, struck dumb.
~Blank verse~, Unrhymed verse (_especially the heroic verse of five
feet_).
~Blare~, _n._ Noise, sound, roar, peal, blast, clang, clamor, uproar.
~Blarney~, _n._ ~1.~ Flattery, adulation.
~2.~ Unmeaning talk, smooth phrases.
~Blase~, _a._ [Fr.] Surfeited, cloyed, satiated, palled, incapable of
enjoyment (_in consequence of excesses_).
~Blaspheme~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Speak irreverently or impiously of.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Revile, calumniate, defame, traduce, malign, speak evil
of.
~Blaspheme~, _v. n._ Utter blasphemy, speak irreverently of God or of
sacred things.
~Blasphemous~, _a._ Impious, irreverent, profane.
~Blasphemy~, _n._ Impiety, irreverence, profanity.
~Blast~, _n._ ~1.~ Gust, squall, sudden breeze.
~2.~ Peal, blare, clang.
~3.~ Explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge.
~4.~ Blight, pestilential influence.
~Blast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither,
shrivel.
~2.~ Rend by explosion.
~Blatant~, _a._ ~1.~ Bellowing, braying.
~2.~ Clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous, noisy.
~Blatherskite~, _n._ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] ~1.~ Blusterer,
swaggerer, bully, boaster, vaunter, braggart, braggadocio, roisterer,
huff, drawcansir, noisy fellow.
~2.~ BLUSTER, boasting.
~Blattering~, _a._ BLUSTERING, swaggering, noisy.
~Blattering~, _n._ BLUSTER.
~Blaze~, _n._ Flame.
~Blaze~, _v. n._ Flame, burn with a flame.
~Blaze~, _v. a._ Publish, proclaim, blazon, make known, noise abroad,
spread abroad, blaze abroad.
~Blaze abroad~, BLAZE.
~Blazing star~, Comet.
~Blazon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Emblazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial.
~2.~ Display, exhibit, set forth, make a show of, show off.
~3.~ Proclaim, publish, blaze, make known, noise, spread or blaze
abroad.
~Blazon~, _n._ ~1.~ Blazonry.
~2.~ Publication, proclamation.
~3.~ Exhibition, show, pompous display.
~Blazonry~, _n._ Emblazonry, heraldry.
~Bleach~, _v. a._ Whiten, blanch, etiolate, make or render white.
~Bleach~, _v. n._ Whiten, etiolate, grow or become white.
~Bleaching powder~, Chloride of lime.
~Bleak~, _a._ ~1.~ Cold, chill, chilly, raw, biting, piercing.
~2.~ Unsheltered, exposed to cold, exposed to wind.
~Blearedness~, _n._ Lippitude, dim-sightedness.
~Blear-eyed~, _a._ Dim-sighted.
~Bleb~, _n._ ~1.~ Blister, vesicle, little tumor.
~2.~ Air-bubble.
~Bleed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lose blood.
~2.~ Lose sap or juice.
~3.~ Be slaughtered.
~Bleeding~, _n._ Phlebotomy, venesection, blood-letting.
~Blemish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stain, sully, blur, spot, tarnish, mar,
injure, taint.
~2.~ Defame, vilify, traduce, ASPERSE, calumniate, slander, malign,
revile, run down, speak ill of.
~Blemish~, _n._ ~1.~ Stain, spot, defect, speck, blur, soil, tarnish,
flaw, fault.
~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, reproach, taint.
~Blench~, _v. n._ Shrink, flinch, start back, give way, lack courage
or resolution.
~Blend~, _v. a._ Mingle, mix, intermingle, commingle, amalgamate.
~Blende~, _n._ (_Min._) Black-jack, sulphuret of zinc, mock lead,
false galena.
~Bless~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ask or implore a blessing upon.
~2.~ Delight, gladden, make happy.
~3.~ Wish happiness to.
~4.~ Glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise.
~Blessed~, _a._ ~1.~ Happy.
~2.~ Holy, hallowed, sacred.
~Blessedness~, _n._ Bliss, blissfulness, happiness, felicity,
beatitude, joy.
~Blessing~, _n._ ~1.~ Benediction, benison, invocation of happiness.
~2.~ Good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service.
~Blight~, _n._ Pestilence (_among plants_), mildew, blast.
~Blight~, _v. a._ Blast, wither, shrivel, kill, destroy, taint with
mildew, cause to decay.
~Blind~, _a._ ~1.~ Sightless, eyeless, unseeing, stone-blind, stark-
blind, unable to see.
~2.~ Ignorant, undiscerning, unaware, unmindful, inattentive,
heedless, incapable of judging.
~Blind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make blind, deprive of sight.
~2.~ Hoodwink, blindfold.
~Blind~, _n._ Screen, cover.
~Blind alley~, CUL-DE-SAC.
~Blind-coal~, _n._ Anthracite, glance-coal, hard-coal, stone-coal.
~Blindfold~, _v. a._ Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from
seeing (_by a bandage over the eyes_).
~Blindfold~, _a._ Blinded (_by a bandage over the eyes_), blindfolded.
~Blindside~, _n._ Weakness, foible, failing, defect, weak side, weak
part.
~Blink~, _v. n._ Wink, NICTATE, see obscurely.
~Blink~, _v. a._ Overlook (_purposely_), disregard, avoid, evade, pass
over, gloss over, shut out of sight, make no account of, not take into
account, not mind, not trouble one's self with, pretend not to see.
~Bliss~, _n._ Happiness, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness,
beatitude, beatification, transport, rapture, ecstasy, heavenly joy.
~Blissful~, _a._ Transported, enraptured, in raptures, in ecstasies,
very happy, full of joy, highly blessed.
~Blister~, _n._ ~1.~ Vesicle, pustule, blain.
~2.~ Vesicatory, blistering plaster.
~Blister~, _v. a._ Raise blisters on.
~Blister~, _v. n._ Rise in blisters.
~Blithe~, _a._ Cheerful, gay, sprightly, lively, animated, elated,
vivacious, joyous, joyful, merry, mirthful, jocund, sportive, airy,
buoyant, debonair, blithesome, of good cheer, in high spirits, in good
spirits, full of life, full of spirit.
~Blithesome~, _a._ Cheerful, gay, BLITHE.
~Bloat~, _v. a._ Swell, inflate, distend, puff up, blow up, make turgid.
~Bloat~, _v. n._ Swell, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be
puffed or blown up, become turgid.
~Bloating~, _n._ Swelling, dilatation, DILATION, expanding, expansion.
~Blobber-lip~, _n._ Thick lip.
~Blobber-lipped~, _a._ Thick-lipped.
~Block~, _v. a._ Obstruct, close, BLOCKADE, shut up, stop up, block up.
~Block~, _n._ ~1.~ Thick and heavy piece (_as of wood or stone_).
~2.~ Wooden mould (_on which hats are made_).
~3.~ Simpleton, fool, blockhead, DUNCE.
~4.~ [_U. S._] Mass of houses (_in a square or a continuous row_).
~5.~ (_Naut._) Pulley.
~Blockade~, _v. a._ Close (_as ports, so as to prevent egress or
ingress_), block, shut up, stop up.
~Blockade~, _n._ Closure (_as of a port_), shutting up, blocking up.
~Blockhead~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~Blockish~, _a._ Stupid, stolid, heavy, doltish, unintelligent, dull,
stockish.
~Block up~, Obstruct, BLOCK.
~Blonde~, _a._ Fair, light, flaxen.
~Blood~, _n._ ~1.~ Vital fluid, vital current, life blood.
~2.~ Kindred, relation, family, consanguinity.
~3.~ Royal lineage, royal line.
~4.~ High birth, noble extraction.
~5.~ Hotspur, madcap, fiery fellow.
~Bloodroot~, _n._ BLOODWORT.
~Bloodshed~, _n._ Slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder.
~Bloodstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Hematite.
~2.~ Heliotrope.
~Blood-sucker~, _n._ Leech.
~Blood-thirsty~, _a._ Cruel, savage, ferocious, inhuman, barbarous,
barbarian, fell, truculent, ruthless, bloody, murderous, bloody-minded.
~Bloodwort~, _n._ Bloodroot, red root, red puccoon (_Sanguinarea
Canadensis_).
~Bloody~, _a._ ~1.~ Sanguinary, ensanguined, gory.
~2.~ Murderous, cruel, BLOOD-THIRSTY.
~Bloody-flux~, _n._ Dysentery.
~Bloody-minded~, _a._ BLOOD-THIRSTY.
~Bloom~, _n._ ~1.~ Efflorescence, flower, blossom, blow.
~2.~ Flush, freshness, vigor.
~Bloom~, _v. n._ Flower, blossom, put forth blossoms.
~Bloomy~, _a._ Flowery.
~Blossom~, _n._ Flower, bloom, blow.
~Blossom~, _v. n._ Flower, bloom, blow.
~Blot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Efface, obliterate, erase, cancel, expunge, rub
out, blot out, scratch out, strike out.
~2.~ Spot, stain, blur, disfigure.
~3.~ Tarnish, sully, disgrace.
~Blot~, _n._ ~1.~ Obliteration, erasure, blotting.
~2.~ Blur, spot, stain, blemish.
~3.~ Disgrace, cause of reproach.
~Blotch~, _n._ Pustule, eruption, pimple, blain.
~Blow~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke, knock, rap, pat, thump, dab, beat.
~2.~ Calamity, disaster, misfortune, affliction.
~3.~ Bloom, blossom, flower.
~4.~ [_Low._] SPREE, carousal, drinking frolic, BLOW-OUT.
~Blow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Move or flow in currents (_as the wind_).
~2.~ Pant, puff, lose breath, breathe hard.
~3.~ Flower, bloom, blossom.
~4.~ [_Low._] BLAB, tell a secret, tell tales, let the cat out of the
bag.
~Blow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Drive by the wind.
~2.~ Force wind upon, direct a current of air upon.
~Blow down~, Prostrate (_by the wind_).
~Blow off~, ~1.~ Drive from shore (_by the wind, as a ship_).
~2.~ Detach or scatter (_by the wind_, _as fruit from trees_).
~3.~ Let off (_as steam_), suffer to escape.
~Blow out~, Extinguish.
~Blow-out~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Carousal, BLOW.
~Blow up~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Inflate, fill with air.
~2.~ Burst, scatter by explosion, cause to explode.
~3.~ Kindle.
~4.~ (_Low._) Scold, rate, berate, chide, reprimand, censure, reprove,
blame, scold at.
~Blow up~, [_Neuter._] Explode, burst, be scattered by explosion.
~Blow upon~, Discredit, blast, taint, bring into disfavor, make
distasteful.
~Blow-valve~, _n._ Snifting-valve.
~Blowzed~, _a._ Ruddy, BLOWZY.
~Blowzy~, a. Ruddy, blowzed, tanned, ruddy-faced, high-colored, sun-
burnt.
~Blubber~, _n._ Whale fat.
~Blubber~, _v. n._ Cry (_so as to swell the cheeks_), whine, whimper,
weep.
~Bludgeon~, _n._ Club, cudgel.
~Blue~, _a._ ~1.~ Azure, cerulean, sky-colored.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad,
glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding, downhearted,
hypochondriac, hypped, chopfallen, low-spirited, cast down, in the
dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth.
~Blue~, _n._ Azure, sky-color.
~Blue-devils~, _n. pl._ BLUES.
~Blue-fish~, _n._ Tailor, skip-jack, snapping mackerel (_Temnodon
saltator_).
~Blues~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] Melancholy, dejection,
depression, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, vapors, megrims, low
spirits, blue-devils, the dismals.
~Blue-stocking~, _n._ Literary woman.
~Blue-vitriol~, _n._ Sulphate of copper.
~Bluff~, _a._ Blustering, swaggering, bullying, vaporing, pompous,
coarse, rude, BLUNT, gruff, churlish, bearish.
~Bluff~, _n._ Precipitous bank (_especially on the margin of a river
or the sea_).
~Bluff~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Repulse (_by a bluff manner_), repel, snub,
bluff off, send away with a flea in one's ear.
~Blunder~, _v. n._ Mistake (_grossly_), err (_from want of care_),
make a bull.
~Blunder~, _n._ Mistake (_of the grossest kind_), error (_from
thoughtlessness_), gross mistake, bull.
~Blunderbuss~, _n._ ~1.~ Short gun (_with a large bore_).
~2.~ Blunderer, blunderhead, stupid fellow.
~Blunderer~, _n._ Blunderhead, blunderbuss, stupid fellow.
~Blunderhead~, _n._ BLUNDERER.
~Blunt~, _a._ ~1.~ Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless.
~2.~ Abrupt, bluff, gruff, rough, rude, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious,
bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite, BRUSQUE, not gentle.
~Blunt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dull, make dull.
~2.~ Benumb, paralyze, deaden, stupefy, obtund, hebetate; make
insensible, callous, or obtuse.
~3.~ Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, quiet, alleviate, soften.
~Blunt-witted~, _a._ Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, obtuse,
unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow.
~Blur~, _n._ Blot, stain, spot, blemish, soil, tarnish, defect.
~Blur~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Obscure, darken.
~2.~ Tarnish, stain, blot, sully, spot, blemish.
~Blush~, _v. n._ Redden (_in the cheeks_), color.
~Blush~, _n._ Reddening (_of the cheeks_), suffusion of the face.
~Bluster~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar (_as the wind_), make a loud noise.
~2.~ Vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade,
play the bully.
~3.~ Make a great ado, make much ado about nothing.
~Bluster~, _n._ ~1.~ Boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence.
~2.~ Boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE.
~3.~ Great ado, much ado about nothing.