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<hw>Blast"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Affected by blasts; gusty.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Causing blast or injury.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Blat</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Blat</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blat</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter inconsiderately.</def> <mark></mark>

<blockquote>If I have anything on my mind, I have to <b>blat</b> it right out. <i>W. D. Howells.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blatancy</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Bla"tan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Blatant quality.</def>

<h1>Blatant</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Bla"tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Bleat</er>.]</ety> <def>Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.</def> "Harsh and <i>blatant</i> tone."

<i>R. H. Dana.</i>

<blockquote>A monster, which the <b>blatant</b> beast men call. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Glory, that <b>blatant</b> word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blatantly</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Bla"tant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a blatant manner.</def>

<h1>Blatherskite</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blath"er*skite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A blustering, talkative fellow.</def> <mark>[Local slang, U. S.]</mark>

<i>Barllett.</i>

<h1>Blatter</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blat"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blattered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>blaterare</ets> to babble: cf. F. <ets>blat\'82rer</ets> to bleat.]</ety> <def>To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "The rain <i>blattered</i>."

<i>Jeffrey.</i>

<blockquote>They procured . . . preachers to <b>blatter</b> against me, . . . so that they had place and time to belie me shamefully. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blatteration</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blat`ter*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>blateratio</ets> a babbling.]</ety> <def>Blattering.</def>

<h1>Blatterer</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blat"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster.</def>