Part 1178

<blockquote>The <b>blasted</b> quarry thunders, heard remote. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blastema</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas*te"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Blastemata</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> bud, sprout.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.</def>

<h1>Blastemal</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas*te"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to the blastema; rudimentary.</def>

<h1>Blastematic</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas`te*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.</def>

<h1>Blaster</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blast"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, blasts or destroys.</def>

<h1>Blastide</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas"tide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> sprout, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to grow.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus.</def>

<h1>Blasting</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blast"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause.</def>

<blockquote>I have smitten you with <b>blasting</b> and mildew. <i>Amos iv. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts.</def>

<h1>Blastment</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blast"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Blastocarpous</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas`to*car"pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> sprout, germ + <ets><?/</ets> fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Blastoc</le</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas"to*c<?/le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> sprout + <ets><?/</ets> hollow.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The cavity of the blastosphere, or segmentation cavity.</def>

<h1>Blastocyst</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas"to*cyst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> sprout + E. <ets>cyst</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The germinal vesicle.</def>

<h1>Blastoderm</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blas"to*derm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> sprout + E. <ets>derm</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed.</def>

<h1>Blastodermatic, Blastodermic</h1> <Xpage=153>