Part 1181

<h1>Blattering</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blat"ter*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Senseless babble or boasting.</def>

<h1>Blatteroon</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blat`ter*oon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>blatero</ets>, <ets>-onis</ets>.]</ety> <def>A senseless babbler or boaster.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "I hate such <i>blatteroons</i>."

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Blaubok</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blau"bok</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>blauwbok</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The blue buck. See <cref>Blue buck</cref>, under <er>Blue</er>.</def>

<h1>Blay</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bl<?/ge</ets>, fr. <ets>bl<?/c</ets>, bleak, white; akin to Icel. <ets>bleikja</ets>, OHG. <ets>bleicha</ets>, G. <ets>bleihe</ets>. See <er>Bleak</er>, <tt>n.</tt> & <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish. See <er>Bleak</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Blaze</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blaze</hw> <tt>(bl&amac;z)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blase</ets>, AS. <ets>bl\'91se</ets>, <ets>blase</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>blass</ets> whitish, G. <ets>blass</ets> pale, MHG. <ets>blas</ets> torch, Icel. <ets>blys</ets> torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. <ets>blast</ets>. Cf. <er>Blast</er>, <er>Blush</er>, <er>Blink</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.</def> "To heaven the <i>blaze</i> uprolled."

<i>Croly.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; <as>as, to seek shelter from the <ex>blaze</ex> of the sun</as>.</def>

<blockquote>O dark, dark, dark, amid the <b>blaze</b> of noon! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.</def> "Fierce <i>blaze</i> of riot." "His <i>blaze</i> of wrath."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>For what is glory but the <b>blaze</b> of fame? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <wordforms>[Cf. D. <tt>bles</tt>; akin to E. <tt>blaze</tt> light.]</wordforms> <def>A white spot on the forehead of a horse.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.</def>

<blockquote>Three <b>blazes</b> in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road. <i>Carlton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>In a blaze</col>, <cd>on fire; burning with a flame; filled with, giving, or reflecting light; excited or exasperated.</cd> -- <col>Like blazes</col>, <cd>furiously; rapidly. <mark></mark> "The horses did along <i>like blazes<i> tear."</cd></cs>

<i>Poem in Essex dialect.</i>

<note>&hand; In <i>low</i> language in the U. S., <i>blazes</i> is frequently used of something extreme or excessive, especially of something very bad; as, blue as <i>blazes</i>.</note>

<i>Neal.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Blaze</er>, <er>Flame</er>.</syn> <usage> A <i>blaze</i> and a <i>flame</i> are both produced by burning gas. In <i>blaze</i> the idea of light rapidly evolved is prominent, with or without heat; as, the <i>blaze</i> of the sun or of a meteor. <i>Flame</i> includes a stronger notion of heat; as, he perished in the <i>flames</i>.</usage>

<h1>Blaze</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Blaze</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blazed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blazing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shine with flame; to glow with flame; <as>as, the fire <ex>blazes</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.</def>