Part 1184

<h1>Bleaberry</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Blea"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Blaeberry</er>.</def>

<h1>Bleach</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleach</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bleached</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bleaching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>blakien</ets>, <ets>blechen</ets>, v. t. & v. i., AS. bl\'be<ets>cian</ets>, <ets>bl<?/can</ets>, to grow pale; akin to Icel. <ets>bleikja</ets>, Sw. <ets>bleka</ets>, Dan. <ets>blege</ets>, D. <ets>bleeken</ets>, G. <ets>bleichen</ets>, AS. <ets>bl\'bec</ets> pale. See <er>Bleak</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.</def>

<blockquote>The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be <b>bleached</b> is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. <i>Ure.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Immortal liberty, whose look sublime Hath <b>bleached</b> the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. <i>Smollett.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bleach</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleach</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow white or lose color; to whiten.</def>

<h1>Bleached</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleached</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Whitened; make white.</def>

<blockquote>Let their <b>bleached</b> bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bleacher</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleach"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.</def>

<h1>Bleachery</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleach"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bleacheries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.</def>

<h1>Bleaching</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleach"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<cs><col>Bleaching powder</col>, <cd>a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bleak</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blac</ets>, <ets>bleyke</ets>, <ets>bleche</ets>, AS. <ets>bl\'bec</ets>, <ets>bl<?/c</ets>, pale, wan; akin to Icel. <ets>bleikr</ets>, Sw. <ets>blek</ets>, Dan. <ets>bleg</ets>, OS. <ets>bl<?/k</ets>, D. <ets>bleek</ets>, OHG. <ets>pleih</ets>, G. <ets>bleich</ets>; all from the root of AS. <ets>bl\'c6can</ets> to shine; akin to OHG. <ets>bl\'c6chen</ets> to shine; cf. L. <ets>flagrare</ets> to burn, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to burn, shine, Skr. <ets>bhr\'bej</ets> to shine, and E. <ets>flame</ets>. <?/98. Cf. <er>Bleach</er>, <er>Blink</er>, <er>Flame</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Without color; pale; pallid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When she came out she looked as pale and as <b>bleak</b> as one that were laid out dead. <i>Foxe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.</def>

<blockquote>Wastes too <b>bleak</b> to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>At daybreak, on the <b>bleak</b> sea beach. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Cold and cutting; cheerless; <as>as, a <ex>bleak</ex> blast</as>.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Bleak"ish</wf>, <tt>a.</tt> -- <wf>Bleak"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Bleak"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bleak</h1> <Xpage=154>