Part 1186

<h1>Bleary</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Blear"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat blear.</def>

<h1>Bleat</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bleated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bleating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bleten</ets>, AS. <ets>bl<?/tan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>blaten</ets>, <ets>bleeten</ets>, OHG. <ets>bl\'bezan</ets>, <ets>pl\'bezan</ets>; prob. of imitative origin.]</ety> <def>To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.</def>

<blockquote>Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to <b>bleat</b> the woolly train. <i>Pope</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he <b>bleats</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bleat</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleat</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>bleat</b> of fleecy sheep. <i>Chapman's Homer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bleater</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleat"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bleats; a sheep.</def>

<blockquote>In cold, stiff soils the <b>bleaters</b> oft complain Of gouty ails. <i>Dyer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bleating</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleat"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crying as a sheep does.</def>

<blockquote>Then came the shepherd back with his <b>bleating</b> flocks from the seaside. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bleating</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleat"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The cry of, or as of, a sheep.</def>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Bleb</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>bleb</ets>, <ets>bleib</ets>, <ets>blob</ets>, bubble, blister. This word belongs to the root of <ets>blub</ets>, <ets>blubber</ets>, <ets>blabber</ets>, and perh. <ets>blow</ets> to puff.]</ety> <def>A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Arsenic abounds with air <b>blebs</b>. <i>Kirwan.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blebby</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bleb"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; <as>as, <ex>blebby</ex> glass</as>.</def>

<h1>Bleck, Blek</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw><hw>Bleck</hw>, <hw>Blek</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To blacken; also, to defile.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Dial.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Bled</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Bleed</er>.</def>