Part 1175

<h1>Blanquillo</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blan*quil"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>blanquillo</ets> whitish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (<spn>Caulolatilus chrysops</spn>). It is red, marked with yellow.</def>

<h1>Blare</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blare</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blared</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blaring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>blaren</ets>, <ets>bloren</ets>, to cry, woop; cf. G. <ets>pl\'84rren</ets> to bleat, D. <ets>blaren</ets> to bleat, cry, weep. Prob. an imitative word, but cf. also E. <ets>blast</ets>. Cf. <er>Blore</er>.]</ety> <def>To sound loudly and somewhat harshly.</def> "The trumpet <i>blared</i>."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Blare</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blare</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>blare</b> its own interpretation. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blare</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blare</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.</def>

<blockquote>With <b>blare</b> of bugle, clamor of men. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His ears are stunned with the thunder's <b>blare</b>. <i>J. R. Drake.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blarney</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blar"ney</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Blarney</ets>, a village and castle near Cork.]</ety> <def>Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<cs><col>Blarney stone</col>, <cd>a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.</cd></cs>

<h1>Blarney</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Blar"ney</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blarneyed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blarneying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.</def> "<i>Blarneyed</i> the landlord."

<i>Irving.</i>

<blockquote>Had <b>blarneyed</b> his way from Long Island. <i> S. G. Goodrich.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blas\'82</h1> <Xpage=152>

<hw>Bla*s\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., p. p. of <ets>blaser</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.</def>

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<h1>Blaspheme</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas*pheme"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blasphemed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blaspheming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>blasfem<?/n</ets>, L. <ets>blasphemare</ets>, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>: cf. F. <ets>blasph\'82mer</ets>. See <er>Blame</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); <as>as, to <ex>blaspheme</ex> the Holy Spirit</as>.</def>

<blockquote>So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, <b>blasphemed</b>, and had in scorn. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually <b>blaspheme</b> thy great and all-glorious name? <i> Dr. W. Beveridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.</def>

<blockquote>You do <b>blaspheme</b> the good in mocking me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>