BLEED, bl[=e]d, _v.i._ to lose blood: to die by slaughter: to issue forth
or drop as blood: to have money extorted from one: to feel great pity for,
as in the phrase, 'the heart bleeds:' to be as red as blood.--_v.t._ to
draw blood from, esp. surgically: to extort sums of money from:--_pa.t._
and _pa.p._ bled.--_n._ BLEED'ING, a discharge of blood: the operation of
letting blood.--_adj._ full of compassion: emitting sap: terribly weakened
by war: (_Shak._) bloody. [A.S. _blédan_. See BLOOD.]
BLEMISH, blem'ish, _n._ a stain or defect: reproach.--_v.t._ to mark with
any deformity: to tarnish: to defame.--_n._ BLEM'ISHMENT (_Spens._), the
state of being blemished, disgrace. [O. Fr. _blesmir_, _blemir_, pr.p.
_blemissant_, to stain, of dubious origin. Prof. Skeat thinks it Scand.,
Ice. _blâman_, livid colour--_blâr_, BLUE.]
BLENCH, blensh, _v.i._ to shrink or start back: to flinch. [From root of
BLINK.]
BLENCH, blensh, _adj._ or _adv._ based on the payment of a nominal yearly
duty.--Also BLANCH. [See BLANK.]
BLEND, blend, _v.t._ to mix together: to confound.--_v.i._ to be mingled or
mixed:--_pa.p._ blend'ed and blent.--_n._ a mixture:--_n._ BLEND'ING, the
act of mingling: the process by which the fusion of paints is effected.
[A.S. _blandan_.]
BLENDE, blend, _n._ native sulphuret of zinc. [Ger. _blenden_, to dazzle,
from the lustre of the crystals.]
BLENHEIM, blen'em, _n._ a kind of spaniel named from the Duke of
Marlborough's house.
BLENNORRHOEA, blen-no-r[=e]'a, _n._ discharge of mucus. [Gr. _blennos_,
mucus.]
BLENNY, blen'ni, _n._ a genus of acanthopterygious fishes, covered with
mucus or slimy matter. [Gr. _blennos_, mucus.]
BLENT, blent, (_obs._) _pa.p._ of BLEND--mixed: mingled: (_Spens._)
blinded, obscured.
BLESS, bles, _v.t._ to invoke a blessing upon: to make joyous, happy, or
prosperous: to consecrate by some religious rite, to cross one's self: to
extol as holy, to pronounce happy, to invoke the divine favour upon: to
wish happiness to: to praise or glorify:--_pa.p._ blessed (blest), or
blest.--_adj._ BLESS'ED, happy: prosperous: happy in heaven,
beatified.--_adv._ BLESS'EDLY.--_ns._ BLESS'EDNESS; BLESS'ING, a wish or
prayer for happiness or success: any means or cause of happiness: (_B._) a
gift or present: a form of invoking the favour of God at a meal.--_adv._
BLESS'INGLY.--SINGLE BLESSEDNESS, the celibate life, the unmarried state
generally. [A.S. _blétsian_, to bless, prob. from _blót_, sacrifice; the
word taken as--_benedic[)e]re_.]