Part 1198

<hw>Blink"ard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Blind</ets> + <ets>-ard</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes.</def>

<blockquote>Among the blind the one-eyed <b>blinkard</b> reigns. <i>Marvell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears.</def>

<i>Hakewill.</i>

<h1>Blink beer</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blink" beer`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <def>Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp.</def>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Blinker</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blink"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, blinks.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment.</def>

<blockquote>Nor bigots who but one way see, through <b>blinkers</b> of authority. <i>M. Green.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <tt>pl.</tt> <def>A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.</def>

<h1>Blink-eyed</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blink"-eyed`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Habitually winking.</def>

<i>Marlowe.</i>

<h1>Blirt</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Blirt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A gust of wind and rain.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<h1>Bliss</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Bliss</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Blisses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>blis</ets>, <ets>blisse</ets>, AS. <ets>blis</ets>, <ets>bl\'c6<?/s</ets>, fr. <ets>bl\'c6<?/e</ets> blithe. See <er>Blithe</er>.]</ety> <def>Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.</def>

<blockquote>An then at last our <b>bliss</b> Full and perfect is. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy; enjoyment. See <er>Happiness</er>.</syn>

<h1>Blissful</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Bliss"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree.</def> "<i>Blissful</i> solitude." <i>Milton</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Bliss"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Bliss"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Blissless</h1> <Xpage=155>

<hw>Bliss"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of bliss.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Blissom</h1> <Xpage=155>