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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.

2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden.

Bloat, v. i. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot.

Bloat, a. Bloated. [R.] Shak.

Bloat, n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]

Bloat, v. t. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Bloat"ed (blt"d), p. a. Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.

Bloat"ed*ness, n. The state of being bloated.

Bloat"er (-r), n. [See Bloat, Blote.] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.

Blob (blb), n. [See Bleb.] 1. Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. Wright.

2. (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.

Blob"ber (blb"br), n. [See Blubber, Blub.] A bubble; blubber. T. Carew.

Blobber lip, a thick, protruding lip.

His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden.

Blob"ber-lipped` (-lpt`), a. Having thick lips. "A blobber-lipped shell." Grew.

||Blo*cage" (&?;), n. [F.] (Arch.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.