Part 1214

<hw>Blotch"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having blotches.</def>

<h1>Blote</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bloted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bloting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>bl\'94t-fisk</ets> soaked fish, fr. <ets>bl\'94ta</ets> to soak. See 1st <er>Bloat</er>.]</ety> <def>To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Blotless</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blot"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without blot.</def>

<h1>Blotter</h1> <Xpage=157>

<hw>Blot"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.</def>

<h1>Blottesque</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blot*tesque"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <def>Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation.</def>

<i>Ruskin.</i>

<h1>Blotting paper</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blot"ting pa`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.</def>

<h1>Blouse</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blouse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>blouse</ets>. Of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.</def>

<h1>Blow</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Blew</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Blown</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>blowen</ets>, AS. <ets>bl<?/wan</ets> to blossom; akin to OS. <ets>bl<?/jan</ets>, D. <ets>bloeijen</ets>, OHG. <ets>pluojan</ets>, MHG. <ets>bl<?/ejen</ets>, G. <ets>bl\'81hen</ets>, L. <ets>florere</ets> to flourish, OIr. <ets>blath</ets> blossom. Cf. <er>Blow</er> to puff, <er>Flourish</er>.]</ety> <def>To flower; to blossom; to bloom.</def>

<blockquote>How <b>blows</b> the citron grove. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blow</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blow</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).</def>

<blockquote>The odorous banks, that <b>blow</b> Flowers of more mingled hue. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blow</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blow</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.</def> "Such a <i>blow</i> of tulips."

<i>Tatler.</i>

<h1>Blow</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blow</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blaw</ets>, <ets>blowe</ets>; cf. OHG. <ets>bliuwan</ets>, <ets>pliuwan</ets>, to beat, G. <ets>bl\'84uen</ets>, Goth. <ets>bliggwan</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.</def>

<blockquote>Well struck ! there was <b>blow</b> for <b>blow</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>