BLADDER, blad'[.e]r, _n._ a thin bag distended with liquid or air: the
receptacle for the urine.--_adjs._ BLADD'ERED, BLADD'ERY, swollen like a
bladder.--_n._ BLADD'ERWORT, a genus of slender aquatic plants, the leaves
floating. [A.S. _bl['æ]dre_--_blawan_; Old Ger. _blahan_, _blajan_, to
blow; Ger. _blase_, bladder--_blasen_, to blow; cf. L. _flat-us_, breath.]
BLADE, bl[=a]d, _n._ the leaf or flat part of grass or corn: the cutting
part of a knife, sword, &c.: the flat part of an oar: a dashing
fellow.--_n._ BLADE'BONE, the flat bone at the back of the shoulder: the
scapula.--_adj._ BLAD'ED. [A.S. _blæd_; Ice. _blad_, Ger. _blatt_.]
BLAE, bl[=a], _adj._ blackish or blue in colour: livid: bleak.--_n._
BLAE'BERRY, Scotch name for the bilberry or whortleberry. [M. E. _blo_,
_bloo_--Scand. _blá_.]