Part 1168

<h1>Bladed</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blad"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a blade or blades; as a two-bladed knife.</def>

<blockquote>Decking with liquid pearl the <b>bladed</b> grass. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Divested of blades; <as>as, <ex>bladed</ex> corn</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife.</def>

<h1>Bladefish</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blade"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (<spn>Trichiurus lepturus</spn>); the ribbon fish.</def>

<h1>Bladesmith</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blade"smith`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sword cutler.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Blady</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blad"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of blades.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Blady</i> grass."

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Bl\'91</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Bl\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Blue</er>.]</ety> <def>Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Bl\'91berry</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Bl\'91"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bl\'91</ets> + <ets>berry</ets>; akin to Icel <ets>bl\'beber</ets>, Sw. <ets>bl<?/b\'84r</ets>, D. <ets>blaab\'91r</ets>. Cf. <er>Blueberry</er>.]</ety> <def>The bilberry.</def> <mark>[North of Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Blague</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blague</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Mendacious boasting; falcefood; humbug.</def>

<h1>Blain</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blein</ets>, <ets>bleyn</ets>, AS. <ets>bl<?/gen</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>blegn</ets>, D. <ets>blein</ets>; perh. fr. the same root as E. <ets>bladder</ets>. See <er>Bladder</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister.</def>

<blockquote>Blotches and <b>blains</b> must all his flesh emboss. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath.</def>

<h1>Blamable</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blam"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bl\'83mable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Blam"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Blam"a*bly</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Blame</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blame</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blamed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blaming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>blamen</ets>, F. <ets>bl\'83r</ets>, OF. <ets>blasmer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>blasphemare</ets> to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. <ets><?/</ets> evil speaking, perh, for <ets><?/</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> injury (fr. <ets><?/</ets> to injure) + <ets><?/</ets> a saying, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to say. Cf. <er>Blaspheme</er>, and see <er>Fame</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.</def>

<blockquote>We have none to <b>blame</b> but ourselves. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>