Part 1219

<hw>Blowze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from the same root as <ets>blush</ets>.]</ety> <def>A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Blowzed</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blowzed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.</def>

<blockquote>Huge women <b>blowzed</b> with health and wind. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blowzy</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blowz"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Coarse and ruddy-faced; fat and ruddy; high colored; frowzy.</def>

<h1>Blub</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blub</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Bleb</er>, <er>Blob</er>.]</ety> <def>To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Blubber</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blub"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Blobber</er>, <er>Blob</er>, <er>Bleb</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A bubble.</def>

<blockquote>At his mouth a <b>blubber</b> stood of foam. <i>Henryson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large sea nettle or medusa.</def>

<h1>Blubber</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blub"ber</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blubbered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blubbering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.</def>

<blockquote>She wept, she <b>blubbered</b>, and she tore her hair. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blubber</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blub"ber</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.</def>

<blockquote>Dear Cloe, how <b>blubbered</b> is that pretty face! <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with <i>forth</i> or <i>out</i>.</def>

<h1>Blubbered</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blub"bered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>Swollen; turgid; <as>as, a <ex>blubbered</ex> lip</as>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Blubbering</h1> <Xpage=158>

<hw>Blub"ber*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of weeping noisily.</def>

<blockquote>He spake well save that his <b>blubbering</b> interrupted him. <i>Winthrop.</i></blockquote>