Part 1204

<h1>Blocking course</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Block"ing course`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.</def>

<h1>Blockish</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Block"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.</def> "<i>Blockish</i> Ajax." <i>Shak</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Block"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Block"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Blocklike</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Block"like`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a block; stupid.</def>

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

<hw>Block" tin`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Tin</er>.</def>

<h1>Bloedite</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Bloe"dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the chemist <ets>Bl\'94de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.</def>

<h1>Blomary</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blom"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bloomery</er>.</def>

<h1>Bloncket, Blonket</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw><hw>Blonc"ket</hw>, <hw>Blon"ket</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>blanquet</ets> whitish, dim. of <ets>blanc</ets> white. Cf. <er>Blanket</er>.]</ety> <def>Gray; bluish gray.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Our <b>bloncket</b> liveries been all too sad. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blond, Blonde</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw><hw>Blond</hw>, <hw>Blonde</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. <ets>blonden-feax</ets> gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See <er>Blend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <def>Of a fair color; light-colored; <as>as, <ex>blond</ex> hair; a <ex>blond</ex> complexion.</as></def>

<h1>Blonde</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blonde</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>blond</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[So called from its color.]</ety> <def>A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also <altname>blond lace</altname>.</def>

<h1>Blond metal</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blond" met`al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools.</def>

<h1>Blondness</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blond"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being blond.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Blood</h1> <Xpage=156>

<hw>Blood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blod</ets>, <ets>blood</ets>, AS. <ets>bl<?/d</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bloed</ets>, OHG. <ets>bluot</ets>, G. <ets>blut</ets>, Goth, <ets>bl<?/<?/</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>blod</ets>; prob. fr. the same root as E. <ets>blow</ets> to bloom. See <er>Blow</er> to bloom.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under <er>Arterial</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See <er>Corpuscle</er>, <er>Plasma</er>.</note>