Part 1210

<h1>Bloom</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Bloom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blome</ets>, fr. Icel. <ets>bl<?/m</ets>, <ets>bl<?/mi</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>blom</ets>, Goth. <ets>bl<?/ma</ets>, OS. <ets>bl<?/mo</ets>, D. <ets>bloem</ets>, OHG. <ets>bluomo</ets>, <ets>bluoma</ets>, G. <ets>blume</ets>; fr. the same root as AS. <ets>bl<?/wan</ets> to blow, blossom. See <er>Blow</er> to bloom, and cf. <er>Blossom</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.</def>

<blockquote>The rich <b>blooms</b> of the tropics. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; <as>as, the cherry trees are in <ex>bloom</ex></as>.</def> "Sight of vernal <i>bloom</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; <as>as, the <ex>bloom</ex> of youth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter <b>bloom</b>, a more delicate and briefer beauty. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.</def>

<blockquote>A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the <b>bloom</b> upon it. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; <as>as, the rose-red cobalt <ex>bloom</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Bloom</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Bloom</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bloomed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blooming</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.</def>

<blockquote>A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to <b>bloom</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.</def>

<blockquote>A better country <b>blooms</b> to view, <blockquote>Beneath a brighter sky. <i>Logan.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bloom</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to blossom; to make flourish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Charitable affection <b>bloomed</b> them. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>While barred clouds <b>bloom</b> the soft-dying day. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bloom</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Bloom</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bl<?/ma</ets> a mass or lump, <ets>\'c6senes bl<?/ma</ets> a lump or wedge of iron.]</ety> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.</def>

<h1>Bloomary</h1> <Xpage=157>

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