Part 1201

<h1>Bloat</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Bloat</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dry (herrings) in smoke. See <er>Blote</er>.</def>

<h1>Bloated</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Bloat"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; <as>as, a <ex>bloated</ex> face</as>. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.</def>

<h1>Bloatedness</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Bloat"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being bloated.</def>

<h1>Bloater</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Bloat"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bloat</er>, <er>Blote</er>.]</ety> <def>The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also <altname>bloat herring</altname>.</def>

<h1>Blob</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blob</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bleb</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small fresh-water fish (<spn>Uranidea Richardsoni</spn>); the miller's thumb.</def>

<h1>Blobber</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blob"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Blubber</er>, <er>Blub</er>.]</ety> <def>A bubble; blubber.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>T. Carew.</i>

<cs><col>Blobber lip</col>, <cd>a thick, protruding lip.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>His <b>blobber</b> lips and beetle brows commend. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blobber-lipped</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blob"ber-lipped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having thick lips.</def> "A <i>blobber-lipped</i> shell."

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Blocage</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blo*cage"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.</def>

<h1>Block</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Block</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blok</ets>; cf. F. <ets>bloc</ets> (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan. <ets>blok</ets>, Sw. & G. <ets>block</ets>, OHG. <ets>bloch</ets>. There is also an OHG. <ets>bloch</ets>, <ets>biloh</ets>; <ets>bi</ets> by + the same root as that of E. <ets>lock</ets>. Cf. <er>Block</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Blockade</er>, and see <er>Lock</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; <as>as, a <ex>block</ex> on which a butcher chops his meat; a <ex>block</ex> by which to mount a horse; children's playing <ex>blocks</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas <b>blocks</b> are burning. <i>Wither.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All her labor was but as a <b>block</b> Left in the quarry. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.</def>