REV. - BLACKB - BLOVZ - WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE PAST

REVERSE DICTIONARY B

BLACKB - BLOVZ

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• BLACKBALL - BLAME
• BLAMELESS - BLESSING
• BLIND - BLOCKADE
• BLOCKHEAD
• BLOND - BLOUSE

BLACKBALL

vb. 1853 sl. - to blackball PILL

BLACKBERRY

n. 1691 Eng. dial. - a blackberry BUMBLE-KITE

n. 1709 Eng. & Amer. dial. - a trailing blackberry DEWBERRY

n. 1795 Amer. dial. - a blackberry BRIERBERRY

n. 1870 Eng. dial. - the blackberry BLAG; BLEG

n. 1891 Eng. dial. - blackberries BLACK-KITES

n. 1893 Amer. dial. - a blackberry FINGERBERRY

n. 19C Sc. - blackberries, bramble-berries DRUMLIE-DROITS

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a truant from school in blackberry season BERRY-MOUCHER

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - blackberries BLACK BERN; BLACK BLEGS; BLACK BOW-WOWERS

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the blackberry BERRY-MOUCHER; PENNY-MOUCHER; PERRY-MOUCHER

n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a blackberry SCAURBERRY

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blackberry BLACKBOYD; BOID; BOYD

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blackberry; a bramble BLACK-BLUTTER

n. 1916 Amer. dial. - a blackberry OCTOBER BERRY

n. 1941 Amer. dial. - (derogatory) blackberries cooked in pastry turnovers NIGGERS IN A BLANKET

vb. 1866 Eng. dial. - to gather blackberries BLAG

BLACKBIRD

n. 1519 obs. - a blackbird BLACK-MACK

n. 1725 Sc. & Ireland - the common blackbird MERLE

n. 1804 - a blackbird OOZLE

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blackbird BLACKIE

BLACK EYE - see EYE

BLACKGUARD

adj. Bk1905 Sc. - having the appearance of a blackguard THIEF-LIKE

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - blackguardly BLACKGANG

n. a1557 Sc. - a vague term of reproach; a rogue, rascal, or blackguard; a lazy knave LADRONE

n. 1598 obs. - a rogue; a scoundrel; a rascal; a knave; a blackguard CATAIAN

n. 1706 Sc. - a vague term of reproach; a rogue; a blackguard LAYDRON

n. 1721 Eng. dial. - a blackguard sort of person HARRYGAD; HARRYGAUD

n. 1721 Sc. - a mean, disreputable person; a blackguard SCOURY; SCOWRIE

n. 1732 - a person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain; a rough; an open scoundrel; a term of the utmost opprobrium BLACKGUARD

n. 1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow HALLION

n. 1789 Sc. - a vague term of reproach; a rogue; a blackguard LATHERIN

n. 1797 UK sl. - a shabby rogue; a blackguard BLACK

n. 1824 Sc. - a blackguard crew of people HAURRAGE

n. 1838 colloq. - (offensive) one who behaves dishonourably or who lacks the instincts of a gentleman; a low, vulgar, ill-mannered fellow; a base, vile person; an ill-bred person; an upper-class rogue; a blackguard; a term of abuse CAD

n. 1848 - a disreputable or very mischievous fellow; a worthless, good-for-nothing, or contemptuous fellow; a good-tempered scamp; a ne'er-do-well; a scapegrace, a blackguard; a rascal; a naughty child SCALAWAG; SCALLAWAG; SCALLOWAG; SCALLYWAG

n. Bk1886 Eng. dial. - a blackguard BLACK-HEART

n. Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal RADICAL

n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. - a low fellow; a blackguard BUDZAT

n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a low, lascivious blackguard LOOCHA; LOOCHER; LOOTCHA

n. Bk1892 Eng. dial. - a blackguard BLAGAIRD

n. Bk1893 Eng. dial. - a blackguard sort of person HADDIGAUD

n. 1902 Amer. dial. - a blackguard BLAGGARD

n. Bk1905 Sc. - a blackguard; a scamp; a ne'er-do-well WANGRACE

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a downright blackguard BORN-DEVIL

n. Bk1914 Sc. - a blackguard RADDIKAL

n. 1925 US sl. - a contemptible man; a blackguard HEEL

BLACKHEAD

n. 1950s sl. - a spot, a pimple, a blackhead (orig. US teen usage) ZAT; ZIT; ZITZ; ZORT

BLACKJACK

n. 1980 US sl. - in blackjack: a hand composed of two face cards COLD TURKEY

n. 1982 US sl. - in blackjack: an ace and a nine, which produce a score of 20, not 21 CALIFORNIA BLACKJACK

BLACK MAGIC

n. 1940 Amer. dial. - a witch, a sorcerer; one who practices black magic BRUJA; BRUJO

BLACKMAIL, BLACKMAILER

n. 1833 - one who extorts, or endeavours to extort money by blackmailing BLACKMAILER

n. 1858 sl. - luring men into (esp. sexually) compromising situations in order to blackmail them (orig. US criminals' usage) BADGER GAME

n. 1858 sl. - a thief or blackmailer whose speciality is the badger game (a racket where a prostitute's accomplice steals from or blackmails her customer, usually by posing as her wronged husband) (criminals' usage) BADGER

n. 1859 obs. - one who blackmails men and women he sees entering and exiting whorehouses (criminals' usage) VAMPIRE

n. 1859 US sl. obs. - a man who watches houses where lovers meet, then follows the woman home to demand money and/or sex to keep the news from her husband (criminals' usage) GHOUL

n. 1875 hist. - one of a secret society or gang said to exist among the Chinese in California and other parts of the United States for the purpose of blackmailing and even of assassination; an extortioner or an assassin HIGHBINDER

n. Bk1891 US sl. obs. - a blackmailer (criminals' usage) SANDBAGGER

n. 1895 sl. - a blackmailer or confidence man (criminals' usage) BLACKBIRD

n. Bk1904 Amer. - a blackmailer (political usage) SUCKER

n. Bk1904 sl. - a blackmailer STRIKER

n. Bk1914 sl. - a blackmailer; an extortioner (criminals' usage) BADGE

n. 1930 sl. - one who blackmails (criminals' usage) BEETLE-MAN

n. 1930 sl. obs. - a blackmailer who victimizes gamblers and prostitutes by threatening death, esp. such a person, often Chinese, in San Francisco (criminals' usage) HIGHBIND

n. 1931 UK sl. - a blackmailer BLACK

n. Bk1945 sl. - a blackmailer who plays the badger game (criminals' usage) BADGER WORKER

n. 1970s sl. - blackmail, esp. by secret services or foreign diplomats SANCTIFICATION

n. 1990s US sl. - blackmailing married men who frequent gay bars and similar centres FAIRY-SHAKING

vb. 1872 US sl. - to extort money from; to blackmail or otherwise pressurize a person for money, etc. SHAKE DOWN

vb. 1924 sl. - to blackmail PUT THE BLACK ON

vb. 1928 sl. - to blackmail BLACK

vb. 1933 sl. - to ask for a loan, to borrow money from someone; also, to threaten, to blackmail, to extort money from (orig. US) PUT THE BITE ON

vb. 1943 US sl. - to pressurize with criminal intent; to extort, to blackmail; to threaten PUT THE ARM ON

vb. 1970s sl. - to blackmail someone, esp. for the purposes of extracting political favours SANCTIFY

vb. 1970s US sl. - to blackmail MOUSE

BLACK MARKET

n. 1940s - a black marketeer in furniture (furniture trade usage) DABBLER

n. 1941 - a person engaged in trading on the black market BLACK MARKETEER

n. 1942 - a black marketeer, a person engaged in trading on the black market BLACK MARKETER

n. 1942 colloq. - a trader in black-market goods BLACKETEER

n. 20C Brit. sl. - one who brings wares in from the continent, and sells them on the black market to people who refuse to pay exorbitant retail prices DABBLER

BLACKSMITH

(also see SMITH)

n. 1248 - a smith who works in iron or black metal, as distinguished from a 'whitesmith' who works in tin or white metal BLACKSMITH

n. 1483 - a man who works with a hammer; a smith or worker in metal; a blacksmith’s unskilled assistant; a man who manipulates a steam-hammer; in coal-mining, one who forces down the large masses of coal by means of long and sharp iron wedges HAMMERMAN

n. L17 sl. - a blacksmith's DARBY CRIB; DARBY KEN

n. 1776 sl. - a blacksmith BLACK

n. 1786 Sc. - a blacksmith BURN-THE-WIND

n. 1808 Sc. - a jocular name for a blacksmith SCOWDER-DOUP

n. 1823 UK sl. - a blacksmith BLACK SPY

n. 1874 - the work of a blacksmith BLACK WORK

n. Bk1892 Eng. dial. - a blacksmith the seventh in descent of a family of smiths BLACKSMITH OF KIND

n. Bk1898 Sc. - one who makes iron heel-plates, etc.; a country blacksmith CALKER

n. Bk1904 Sc. - an incompetent smith SCADDEM

n. 1906 US sl. - a blacksmith, esp. as a nickname BLACKY

n. 1924 Amer. dial. - a carpenter; a horse-shoer; a blacksmith NAIL BENDER

n. 1938 Amer. dial. - amongst loggers: a camp blacksmith IRON BURNER

n. 1958 Amer. dial. - amongst loggers: a camp blacksmith IRON BENDER

n. Amer. sl. - a blacksmith DARBY COVE

BLADDER

n. 1633 obs. - the contents of the bladder (poetic usage) URINE-LAKE

BLAME, BLAMING

adj. c1386 - conveying blame or censure; blaming, fault-finding BLAMEFUL

adj. c1430 - fully meriting blame, blameworthy BLAMEFUL

adj. 1612 obs. - worthy of blame; hence, shameful, discreditable, disgraceful VITUPERIOUS

adj. 1746 Eng. dial. - fretful, peevish; blaming, carping VEAKING

n. c1000 obs. - evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame TOLE

n. c1175 obs. - a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish LAST

n. a1225 obs. - abuse, blame, reproach LASTING

n. 1377 obs. - blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame CULP; CULPE

n. 1496 obs. - one who blames or disparages LACKER

n. a1500 - a chiding, scolding, reproving, rebuking, or blaming; a sharp or severe rebuke OBJURGATION

n. 1601 obs. - one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames TAXER

n. 1623 - blaming, accusation INCUSATION

n. 1678 obs. rare - one who raises doubts; one who blames IMPUGNATOR

n. 1777 sl. - a rebuke or reprimand; blame, responsibility RAP

n. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - insult and injury, blame, reproach SCATHE AND SCORN

n. 1823 Sc. - a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension DIRDUM

n. 1866 Sc. - blame, reproach, scandal SCANCE

n. 1895 Eng. dial. - one who takes the blame due to another COVER-SLUT

n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a scolding; blame, recrimination, abuse SAUCE

n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - one who has to stand the blame GOAT

n. 1929 sl. - consequences, esp. blame taken for another person (orig. prison usage) THE FALL

n. 1984 Brit. sl. - an act of unjustly transferring blame to someone else STITCH-UP

n. 1993 sl. - an employee, a menial, esp. one who takes the blame for the decisions and activities of their employer (orig. US) BAGMAN

vb. c825 obs. - to taunt, to blame, to reproach EDWITE

vb. a1225 obs. - to blaspheme, to blame LAST

vb. c1275 obs. - to condemn, to blame, to find fault with AWREAK

vb. 1377 obs. - to invoke evil upon; to wish one all that is bad; to invoke a curse on; to curse, to blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune BESHREW

vb. 1542 obs. - to twit, rebuke, reproach or blame a person ENTWITE

vb. 1612 obs. rare - to find fault with; to accuse; to blame INCULP

vb. 1635 - to lay the blame on the right person LAY THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE; SET THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE

vb. 1715 Sc. - to complain of, to blame, to resent MEAN

vb. 1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to chastise; to blame; to find fault with TWINK

vb. 1768 Sc. - to accuse, to blame REDARGUE

vb. 1823 - to face the consequences of an action; to bear the blame STAND THE RACKET

vb. 1834 - to receive blame courageously FACE THE MUSIC

vb. 1842 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to fix the blame upon the true offender PUT THE SADDLE UPON THE RIGHT HORSE

vb. 1868 Amer. dial. - to shift blame or responsibility onto THROW OFF ON

vb. L19 colloq. - to blame CALL

vb. L19 sl. - to accept the blame (orig. US) GET THE KNOCK; TAKE THE KNOCK

vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - to lay the blame on anyone LAME

vb. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - to be unable to impute blame to anyone NOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY BLACK'S HIS NAIL

vb. 1911 Amer. dial. - to blame PACK-OFF ON

vb. 1920s US sl. - to volunteer oneself as a victim, usually as the alleged perpetrator of a crime, in the place of the real villain; to take blame on behalf of another TAKE THE FALL

vb. 1923 Aust. colloq. - to predict or will the failure of an enterprise; to bring defeat or failure on a person; later, to accuse, to blame, to condemn a person POINT THE BONE AT

vb. 1929 UK sl. - to take the blame or punishment on behalf of another; to be made a scapegoat (orig. navy usage) CARRY THE CAN; CARRY THE CAN BACK

vb. 1939 Amer. dial. - to bear the blame or consequences BEAR THE BLUNT

vb. 1950s sl. - to blame, to accuse TAG

vb. 1960s sl. - to be hostile, to place blame on someone else SHARE THE RAG

vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to bear the blame or consequences STAND THE BLUNT

vb. 1970 Brit. sl. - (stitch up) to cause someone to be wrongfully arrested, convicted, etc. by informing, fabricating evidence, etc. STITCH-UP

vb. 1982 Bahamas - to relieve all the blame of something KILL THE SIN

vb. 1991 UK sl. - to get someone blamed and into trouble DROP SOMEONE IN IT

vb. 20C sl. - to put the blame for something on someone else; to 'pass the buck' FATHER SOMETHING ON SOMEONE

vb. 2003 UK sl. - to blame yourself, esp. to berate yourself KICK YOURSELF

vb. Aust. sl. - to accept blame or responsibility for something (prison usage) NOD ONE'S HEAD

BLAMELESS, BLAMELESSLY, BLAMELESSNESS

adj. a1225 obs. - blameless LASTLESS

adj. 1377 obs. - without fault or blame; faultless, blameless LACKLESS

adj. c1400 obs. - blameless UNBLAMEFUL

adj. c1400 obs. rare - blameless, faultless, flawless FREELESS

adj. a1492 rare - blameless, free from blame INCULPABLE

adj. 1597 obs. rare - allowable, permissible; blameless VENIAL

adj. 1612 obs. rare - blameless, unblamed, inculpable INCULPATE

adj. 1683 obs. - blameless (nonce-word) AMOMOUS

adv. 1610 obs. - blamelessly FAULTLESSLY

n. 1580 obs. - freedom from blame; blamelessness FAULTLESSNESS

BLAMEWORTHINESS, BLAMEWORTHY

adj. 1586 obs. rare - deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible FAULTWORTHY

adj. 1593 - bringing demerit, ill-deserving, blameworthy, as well as destitute of merit; opposed to 'meritorious' DEMERITORIOUS

adj. 1659 obs. - chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible CORREPT

adj. 1660 obs. - open to accusation or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible, culpable IMPUTABLE

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - blameworthy BLAMEFULL

n. 1377 obs. - blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame CULP; CULPE

n. 1736 - the fact of deserving ill, demerit, blameworthiness ILL DESERT

BLANCHING

n. 1607 - the act of whitening, blanching, bleaching DEALBATION

n. 1822 rare - a blanching or paling PALLESCENCE

BLAND

adj. 1799 - neutral, uncoloured; also, bland, uninteresting ACHROMATIC

adj. 1899 -bland, insipid SAUCELESS

adj. 1982 US sl. - bland, boring BEIGE

adj. M20 colloq. - bland, mediocre SPAMMY

BLANDISHMENT

n. c1200 obs. rare - blandishment, enticing speech GELE

BLANKET

n. 1324-25 Eng. dial. obs. - a woollen rug or blanket LANGEL; LANGELL

n. 1891 Aust. sl. - a blanket as used by travellers in the bush BLUEY

n. 1892 Aust. sl. - blankets or other covering used by a person sleeping in the open air NAP

n. 1906 Amer. dial. - a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock BLANKET NIP; NIP

n. 1910s Aust. sl. - a rolled blanket which contains one's possessions (tramps' usage) PARCEL

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blanket BED-PLAID

n. Bk1911 Sc. - one who tosses another in a blanket BLANKET-HEEZIE

n. 1920s US sl. - newspapers, when used by tramps as a substitute for blankets TUCSON BLANKET

BLASPHEME, BLASPHEMOUS, BLASPHEMY

adj. 1611 obs. - blasphemous; cursing and swearing; using vile reproachful language BLASPHEMATORY

adj. 1828 - blasphemous, profane SULPHUROUS

adj. 1908 Amer. dial. - blasphemous BLASPHEMIOUS

n. c1000 obs. - evil-speaking, calumny, slander; blasphemy; reproach, blame TOLE

n. 1483 obs. - one who blasphemes BLASPHEMATOUR

n. a1550 obs. - a blasphemer or profane swearer TEARER OF GOD

n. 1601 obs. - one who mocks, derides, or defies God; a blasphemer MOCK-GOD

vb. a1225 obs. - to blaspheme, to blame LAST

BLAST

n. 1887 Sc. - a blast ON-BLAFF

BLAZE, BLAZING

adj. 1725 Sc. - of a fire: blazing, roaring RANTING

adv. 1811 Sc. - in a blazing state ALUNT

adv. 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - ablaze ALOW

adv. 1819 Sc. - blazing ABLEEZE

n. a900 obs. - a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre AD

n. a1000 - a great fire in the open air; a blazing pile or heap kindled to consume anything; in Old English, the fire of a funeral pile BALE-FIRE

n. a1000 obs. - a great consuming fire; a conflagration; a blazing pile, a bonfire BALE

n. 1740 Eng. dial. - a great blaze HALLIBLASH; HALLYBLASH

n. 1798 Sc. - the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside INGLE-LOWE

n. 1814 Eng. dial. - a blaze BLAY

n. 1825 Eng. dial. - a blaze, a blazing fire; a bonfire BLISSEY; BLISSY; BLIZZY

n. 1825 Sc. - a blaze GLOSE

n. 1888 Eng. dial. - a blaze, a flash BLIZZER; BLIZZOM

n. 1891 Eng. dial. - a flame, a blaze BAWBELL

n. Bk1898 - a flash, a sudden blaze or flame BLASH

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a blaze BLIRR

n. Bk1902 Sc. - the flames or blaze of a fire; firelight; a blazing fireside INGLE-GLEED

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a blaze NEUF

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a flash or sudden blaze BLANCH

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a small blaze BLEEZIE

vb. c1623 - to blaze, to be alight; to flare up AFLAME

vb. 1825 Sc. - to blaze, gleam GLOSE

vb. 1861 Eng. dial. - to blaze, to flare up suddenly; to set ablaze BLASH

vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to blow or stir up a fire; to blaze, to burn fiercely RANT

vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to burn, to blaze TIND

vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to blaze, to flare up BLEEZE

BLEACH, BLEACHING

n. 1607 - the act of whitening, blanching, bleaching DEALBATION

vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to bleach VLETCH

vb. 1909 Amer. dial. - to bleach EXASPERATE

BLEACHERS

n. 1909 US - a frequenter of bleachers at baseball or football games BLEACHERITE

n. 1909 US - an open-air stand for spectators, esp. at football or baseball games BLEACHERY

BLEAK

adj. 1874 Eng. dial. - bleak, windy, cold, showery BLEARY

adj. 1885 Eng. dial. - bleak BENT

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bleak, cold BLAE

adj. 1932 Sc. - having a northern and therefore bleak exposure BACK-LYIN'

BLEAT, BLEATING

adj. 1702 obs. - bleating, baaing BALANT

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a loud bleat BLAE

n. Bk1911 Sc. - the bleat of a sheep BLAIR; BLARE

vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to bleat as a sheep BLAIR; BLARE

vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to bleat as a lamb BLAE

BLEED

n. 1803 sl. - a haemophiliac BLEEDER

vb. a900 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to shed tears or blood YET

vb. c1420 - to pour out; to shed blood; to pour out the contents of a vessel EFFUND

vb. 1526 obs. - to shed blood EFFUSE

vb. 1913 Amer. dial. - to bleed LOSE

vb. 1992 US - to bleed (professional wrestling usage) JUICE

vb. 20C Aust. sl. - to cause to bleed BLOOD

BLEMISH

adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - spotty; disfigured by blotches or spots, marked with blemishes MEALY

n. c1175 obs. - a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish LAST

n. a1300 obs. - a spot, a blotch, a blemish, a blot TACHE

n. 1340 obs. - physical defect or blemish DEFAULT

n. c1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a spot, a stain, a blemish TACK

n. 1483 obs. - a blemish, a spot MACULE

n. 1567 obs. rare - a fault, a blemish OFFENCE

n. 1601 obs. - an imperfection, a defect, a fault, a blemish IMPERFECTIVE

n. 1619 obs. - a spot or blemish NAEVE

n. a1640 obs. - a stain, a blemish TINCTURE

n. 1825 Sc. - a faded mark, a blemish, a spot SCAW

n. 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a spot, a mark, a stain; a blemish SCAM

n. 1883 Sc. - a defect, a blemish ILL-SIDE

n. Bk1905 Sc. - a stain, a spot, a drop, a blemish, a flaw TASH

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a fault; a blemish; a scar; discolouration of skin after a sore BLAIN

n. 1927 Amer. dial. - a blemish BLEMAGE

n. 1942 Amer. dial. - a pimple, acne spot, or other facial blemish BLOSSOM

n. 1970s US sl. - a small mole, spot, or similar skin blemish (college usage) GOOBER

n. 1976 US sl. - a large facial blemish GOOB

vb. c1400 obs. - a blemish, flaw, fleck FLAKE

vb. a1700 Sc. - to blemish; to deface; to tarnish or spoil slightly by handling or use; to make the worse for wear TACHE

BLEND

vb. 1629 - to blend WALL

vb. 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead TEW

vb. 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to mix, to mingle, to blend MENG

BLESSED, BLESSEDNESS

adj. a1300 arch. - blessed BENEDIGHT

adj. 1483 obs. - happy, blessed BENEUROUS; BENEWRED

adj. 1575 - made supremely happy or blessed BEATIFIED

adj. 1576 obs. - good, blessed, benign, salutary BENEDICT

adj. 1605 - making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness BEATIFICAL

adj. 1623 obs. - blessed BENEDICTED

adj. 1649 - making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness BEATIFIC

n. 1480 obs. - happiness, blessedness BENEURTE

n. 1491 - supreme happiness or blessedness BEATITUDE

n. 1502 - the act of rendering, or condition of being rendered, supreme happy or blessed BEATIFICATION

vb. 1535 - to make supremely happy or blessed BEATIFY

vb. a1636 obs. - to make supremely happy or blessed BEATIFICATE

BLESSING

n. a1300 - blessing, beatitude; that blessing which God gives; a giving of blessedness BENISON

n. 1652 obs. rare - blessing BEATION

BLIND, BLINDED, BLINDING, BLINDLY, BLINDNESS

(also see SIGHT)

adj. 1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - not able to see; partially or totally blind; sightless DARK

adj. a1400 arch. exc. Eng. dial. - half-blind, dim-sighted, purblind SAND-BLIND

adj. 1592 obs. rare - sand-blind, half-blind, dim-sighted SAND-EYED

adj. 1600 - almost entirely blind (literary usage) GRAVEL-BLIND

adj. 1610 - partially blind MOON-EYED

adj. 1629 obs. - sand-blind, half-blind, dim-sighted SANDED

adj. 1634 - intellectually or morally stupefied or blinded BESOTTED

adj. a1692 obs. - blind; having impaired vision DUNCH

adj. 1750 Eng. dial. - blind BISSON

adj. 1834 - blind as a bat in the sunlight BAT-BLIND

adj. 1850 - blind BLIND AS A BRICKBAT

adj. 1879 Eng. dial. - completely blind BLIND AS A BEETLE

adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - almost blind BIZZEN-BLIND

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - quite blind BELLY-BLIND

adj. 1972 US sl. - blind in one eye GOOCH-EYED

adj. 1990s sl. - blind (rhyming sl.) BACON (RIND)

adj. Brit. sl. - blind (rhyming sl.) ALL BEHIND

adv. Bk1911 Sc. - blindly BLINDLINS; BLINLINS

n. 1608-11 obs. - the act of blinding; a blinded condition OCCAECATION; OCCECATION

n. 1616 - blindness, physical or mental (literary usage) ABLEPSY

n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a near-sighted person; one blind of one eye BLINKARD

n. 1807 Eng. dial. - a blind man DARKEY; DARKY

n. Bk1855 obs. - a blind person BISNE

n. 1866 - blinding by means of red-hot irons held before the eyes ABACINATION

n. 1950s sl. - a blind person, or a person with one eye ONE EYE AND A WINKLE

vb. c1175 obs. - to grow blind ABLIND

vb. c1374 obs. - to darken the eyes or vision; to blind DARK

vb. 1661 obs. - to blind OCCAECATE; OCCECATE

vb. 1848 Eng. dial. - to blind BLINK

vb. Bk1888 rare - to blind by placing hot irons or metal plates, in front of the eyes ABACINATE

vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to blind BLENCH

BLIND DATE - see DATING

BLINDFOLD, BLINDFOLDED

adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - blindfolded BLINDERED

adv. Bk1911 Sc. - blindly; blindfolded BLINDLINS

n. c1450 Sc. - a blindfolded person; esp. in the game of Blindman's Buff; the game of Blindman's Buff BELLY-BLIND

vb. 1876 Eng. dial. - to blindfold BIGGLE

vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to blindfold BLIND-MOB; CABIN; CADDEN

BLINDMAN'S BUFF

n. c1450 Sc. - a blindfolded person; esp. in the game of Blindman's Buff; the game of Blindman's Buff BELLY-BLIND

n. 1611 - blindman's buff HARRY RACKET

n. 1790 Eng. dial. - the game of blindman's buff BLIND-BUCK-AND-DAVY; BLIND-BUCKY-DAVY

n. 1822 Sc. - the person who hoodwinks another in the game of blindman's buff BILLYBLINDER

n. 1825 Sc. - blindman's buff BLIND PAWMIE

n. 1825 Sc. obs. - the person who is blindfolded in the game of Blind-man’s-Buff GLIMMIE

n. 1867 Eng. dial. - the game of blindman's buff BLINDY-BUFF

n. 1892 Eng. dial. - the game of blindman's buff BLIND STAN

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - the game of blindman's buff BIGGLY; BLIND HOB; BLIND SIM; BLIND-MERRY-MOPSEY

n. Bk1898 Sc. - the game of blindman's buff; also, the one that is blindfolded in the game BELLY-BLIND; BILLY-BLIND

n. Bk1902 Sc. - the game of blindman's buff HARRY-PURCAN

n. 1905 Amer. dial. - blindman's buff BLINDFOLD

n. 1909 - blindman's-buff BLIND TOM

n. Bk1911 Sc. - blindman's buff BELLIE-MANTIE; BLIND-BARNIE; BLIND HARRY; BLIND-PALMIE; BOKIE-BLINDIE

n. 1920 Sc. - the player blindfolded in the game of 'glim-glam' (blindman's-buff) GLAMMIE

n. 1952 Ireland - the game of blindman's buff DALLAPOOKEEN

n. 1966 Amer. dial. - blindman's buff BLIND BUFF; BLINDMAN CATCH; BLINDMAN SEEK; BLINDSMAN BUFF; BLINDSMAN'S BLUFF

n. 1967 Amer. dial. - blindman's buff BLINDFOLD BLUFF; BLINDFOLD BUFF

n. 1968 Amer. dial. - blindman's buff BLIND BILLY; BLIND GRANDMA

n. 1970 Amer. dial. - blindman's buff BLIND TAG

vb. c1390 obs. - to play blindman's buff with a blindfolded person; also, to fool, to make sport of PLAY ABOBBED WITH

BLINK, BLINKING

adj. 1581 obs. - of the eyes: blinking, unsteady WAPPER

adj. 1604 Eng. dial. - blinking, blear-eyed, squinting; having restless eyes WAPPER-EYED

vb. 1575 obs. - to blink the eyes; also, to move tremulously WAPPER

vb. 1804 Sc. - to blink; to look at with weak eyes BLINTER

vb. 1965 Amer. dial. - to blink often BAT ONE'S EYES LIKE A FROG N A HAILSTORM; BAT ONE'S EYES LIKE A TOAD N A HAILSTORM

vb. c1400 obs. - to wink, to blink TWINK

BLISS

adj. 1970s sl. - in a state of emotional bliss; experiencing ecstasy BLISSED OUT

n. c1374 - a state of bliss or supreme felicity HEAVEN

n. 1377 - a place of supreme bliss HEAVEN

n. 1965 Barbados - bliss KIDDY KINGDOM

BLISTER, BLISTERED

adj. 1787 Sc. obs. - blistered BAGGY

adj. 1796 Eng. dial. - blistered, sore, chafed SCALDERED

adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - covered with blisters BLEBBY

n. 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye QUAT

n. 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a scab, a blister; a skin sore SCALL

n. 1691 Eng. dial. - a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye QUOT

n. 1825 Eng. dial. - an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister ADDLE

n. 1825 Sc. - a blister; a bubble BLIBE

n. 1865 Eng. dial. - a bubble, a blister BLOB

n. 1865 Eng. dial. - a small pimple or pustule; a small ulcer; a blister; a wart TETTER

n. 1876 Eng. dial. - a small swelling, a watery blister; a pimple, a sore place ERCLE

n. 1890 Eng. dial. - a pimple; a blister BLETCH

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a blister caused by scalding, friction, etc. BLISH

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a small watery blister BELL

n. 1899 Eng. dial. - a small watery blister JAG

n. 19C Eng. dial. - a sore or blister in the mouth CANKERFRET

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a pimple; a boil, a small blister QUILT

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blister or boil on hands or feet; a pustule full of matter BLUSHIN; BLUSHION

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blister, a boil BLUSH

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bubble; a small blister or pustule BLEB

n. 1992 UK sl. - a blister (rhyming sl.) UGLY SISTER

vb. 1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters BEAL

vb. 1691 N. Eng. dial. - to cause to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, esp. with heat SKELLER

vb. 1808 Eng. dial. - to scald; to blister the skin by heat or friction SCALDER

vb. 1821 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to bubble, to cover with drops of liquid; to rise in blisters BLEB

vb. 1888 Eng. dial. - to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, as with heat SKELLOW

vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to blister BLISH

vb. Bk1898 Sc. - to bubble, to blister BLOB

vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to chafe the skin so as to cause a blister, to blister BLUSH

BLITHE, BLITHELY

adj. 1590 arch. - blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay BUXOM

adj. 1610 rare - full of gaiety; blithe, buoyant, cheerful GAYSOME

adj. 1825 obs. - equable in temper; blithe, having an affable demeanour EEKFOW

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - blithe, glad BLAITH; BLIDE

adv. a1300 obs. - blithely, joyfully, playfully, excellently GAMELY

adv. 1721 Sc. - cheerfully, blithely, cheerily CANTILY

adv. 1732 Sc. - cheerily, merrily, joyously, blithely HEARTSOMELY

vb. 1862 colloq. - to move lightly, blithely, trippingly, nimbly or in a sprightly and self-assured manner WALTZ

vb. L19 sl. - to move lightly, blithely, unconcernedly WALTZ ALONG; WALTZ AROUND; WALTZ IN; WALTZ INTO; WALTZ OFF; WALTZ UP

BLIZZARD

n. 1866 Sc. - a heavy fall of snow; a blizzard KAAVIE

n. 1911 - a blizzard (Antarctica usage) BLIZZ

n. 1964 Sc. - a head-on blizzard; adverse weather conditions NIZZER

vb. 1911 - to blow a blizzard (Antarctica usage) BLIZZ

BLOATED

adj. 1570 obs. rare - somewhat bloated or fat FOGGISH

adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bloated, puffy, swollen BLOATY

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bloated BLOISENT

vb. 1875 Eng. dial. - to swell up, to become puffy or bloated BLOB

BLOCK, BLOCKING

n. 1597 - the act of blocking or stopping up OBSTIPATION

n. 1871 Amer. dial. - a block or a chock used to keep something from rolling or shifting; any of various contrivances used to stop or slow a vehicle TRIG

vb. c1430 - to block, to obstruct, to clog, to choke ACCLOY

vb. 1570 obs. - to fortify, to strengthen a wall, rampart, etc.; to block up, to barricade a gate or door (chiefly Sc.) RAMFORCE

vb. 1587 obs. rare - to block, fill, or stop up an opening QUIRT

vb. 1656 obs. rare - to block or stop up; to stuff up OBSTIPATE

vb. 1966 Amer. dial. - to block, to obstruct SCOTCH

BLOCKADE

vb. 1586 obs. - to hinder access to; to blockade IMPEACH

BLOCKHEAD, BLOCK-HEADED

adj. 1563 obs. - dull-witted, stupid, blockheaded, simple-minded DUNSTICAL

adj. 1588 rare - like a dunce or blockhead; stupid, dull-witted, doltish DUNCICAL

adj. 1639 - blockheaded, stupid, dense CLODPATED

adj. 1715 Sc. - blockheaded, stupid HAGGIS-HEADED

adj. 1939 Amer. sl. - blockheaded; doltish, stupid JUGHEADED

adj. E20 US sl. - stupid; block-headed SAWDUST-BRAINED

n. c1325 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial. - one deficient in proper spirit; a simpleton, blockhead, oaf, or fool; a half-witted person DAFF

n. c1375 - a term of reprobation for one who speaks or acts in what the speaker considers an irrational way, or with extreme stupidity or folly; a blockhead; a stupid person; an utter fool; a crazy person IDIOT

n. 1448-9 - one who lacks wit or sense; a stupid person; a fool, a dolt, a blockhead WANT-WIT

n. 1500 obs. - a fool; a simpleton; a blockhead HODDYPEAK

n. a1500 obs. - a dull-headed or slow-witted person; a fool, a blockhead DULL-PATE

n. c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a stupid person; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce DODDY-PATE

n. 1532 obs. - a head likened to a hammer; a blockhead; an oaf; a dull, stupid fellow HAMMER-HEAD

n. 1534 obs. - a dull-headed or slow-witted person; a fool, a blockhead DULL-HEAD

n. 1547 obs. or arch. - a foolish, stupid, or silly fellow; an idiot; a blockhead; a weak-minded person DIZZARD

n. 1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a blockhead; a thickhead; a dunce; a stupid person GROUT-HEAD

n. 1550 obs. rare - a fool, a stupid or silly person; a blockhead, a simpleton; a dull, ignorant person; a dolt MOME

n. 1553 - a stupid person; a blockhead; a dolt SKIT-BRAINS

n. a1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a country bumpkin; a clown; a lout; a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool; a blockhead; a term of abuse LOBCOCK

n. a1556 - a blockhead, one lacking in intelligence BLOCK

n. 1566 - a stupid fellow; a fool; a blockhead; a dupe COD'S-HEAD

n. 1576 - an unthinking or unintelligent person; a blockhead; a fool; a stupid person; also, a person who is stubborn and uncompromising HARDHEAD

n. 1577 - a blockhead BEETLE-HEAD

n. 1578 obs. - a blockhead; a thickhead; a dunce GROUTNOLL

n. 1579 - an intellectually blind person; a blockhead BEETLE

n. 1592 colloq. - a stupid, thick-headed person; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce; a dolt JOBBERNOWL

n. 1592 obs. rare - a dumb person; a dummy; a dolt; a blockhead DUMMERELL

n. 1593 - (derogatory) a person of low intelligence; a stupid person; a blockhead; a fool; a dolt BEETLE-BRAIN

n. 1594 - a stupid person, a dolt, a blockhead BEAST

n. 1598 - a blockhead BLOCK-PATE

n. 1599 - a silly or stupid person; a fool; a blockhead; a dolt NUMPS

n. L16 colloq. - a blockhead; a clumsy, awkward person; a dull, unresponsive person; a dolt CLOD

n. 1605 obs. - one who has a head like a ram; a dull, thick-witted, obstinate person; a stupid person; a blockhead RAM-HEAD

n. 1613 colloq. - a dolt; an oaf; a silly or stupid person; a fool; a blockhead NUMP

n. a1616 - a blockhead; a bumpkin; a lout CLODPOLE; CLODPOLL

n. 1620 obs. - one that is ignorant; a fool; a blockhead; a dunce; an ignoramus IGNARO

n. 1621 obs. - a contemptible blockhead; a dunce DUNDERWHELP

n. 1623 - a blockhead; a dunce; an empty-headed person; a term of scorn CITTERN-HEAD

n. 1631 - a pig-headed fellow; a blockhead; a fool; a dullard PIG-SCONCE

n. a1631 obs. - a buffoon; a stupid or foolish person; an affected blockhead; a ridiculous or doltish person MACAROON

n. a1634 - a fool; a stupid clodhopper; a clownish blockhead BACON-BRAINS

n. 1636 - a stupid fellow; a blockhead; a dolt; an oaf CLODPATE

n. 1638 - a half-wit; a simpleton; a fool; a stupid fellow; a blockhead; an idiot; a dolt; an awkward, blundering lout; the clown of a circus OAF

n. 1643 obs. - a person of inferior intelligence; a stupid person; a blockhead UNDERHEAD

n. 1659 - a fool; a blockhead; a simpleton; a stupid person; a silly person; an ignoramus BUFFLEHEAD

n. 1664 obs. rare - a lubber; a blockhead; a lout; an oaf KELF

n. 1668 - a stupid person; a dolt; a blockhead LACK-WIT

n. 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a stupid fellow; a blockhead; a fool; a simpleton; a dolt; a childish old man; a dotard; an awkward fellow; a clown DOBBIE

n. 1682 sl. - a brainless fellow; a stupid person; a soft-headed or witless person; a blockhead, dolt, oaf, fool, or simpleton; a thickhead; a silly person CABBAGE-HEAD

n. 1682 sl. - a stupid person; a fool; a blockhead; a muddle-headed person; a dunce CHOWDERHEAD

n. 1697 - a fool; a blockhead; a dull-witted person; a dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow NUMBSKULL; NUMSCUL; NUMSKULL

n. E17 Brit. sl. - an oaf; a blockhead LUG-LOAF

n. a1700 - a fool; a blockhead; a dolt; an oaf; a stupid person; a person slow of comprehension LEATHER-HEAD

n. 1705 obs. - a contemptuous term for a stupid person; a blockhead A PIECE OF WOOD

n. 1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a soft stupid fellow; a simpleton; a blockhead SUMPH

n. 1728 Sc. - a fool; a stupid or senseless fellow - a blockhead GAMPHREL

n. 1728 Sc. - a stupid blockhead TAPPIE

n. 1729 Sc. rare - a stupid or foolish person; a blockhead, an idiot; a forward, presumptuous person GAMFREL

n. 1735 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a silly fellow; a fool; a blockhead; a simpleton SAPSCULL; SAPSKULL

n. 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a fool, a dull, stupid person; a blockhead, a dunce, an idiot HOBBIL; HOBBLE

n. 1746 colloq. & Eng. dial. - a stupid or foolish person; an idiot; a blockhead; a simpleton; a lout GAWBY

n. 1755 - a weak-minded or idiotic person; also, a dolt; a blockhead HALF-WIT

n. 1762 colloq. - a blockhead STUPE

n. 1775 - a thickhead; a blockhead; a fool BEEFHEAD

n. 1777 Eng. dial. - a stupid fellow; a dolt; a blockhead DUMBLEDORE

n. 1788 Eng. dial. - a silly, awkward, gaping fellow; a noisy, foolish person; a simpleton, a blockhead; a half-witted person; a dunce GAUVISON; GAVYSON; GAWVISON

n. 1788 Sc. obs. - a blockhead; a lubberly inactive fellow, a lout GLOIT

n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a blockhead, a simpleton BLEFFIN-HEAD

n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person JABBERKNOWL; JABBERNOWL

n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a simpleton; a blockhead; an idiot NAFFIN

n. 1790 Eng. dial. - a stupid, foolish person; a blockhead; a simpleton; a fool; a lout GOOBY; GORBY

n. 1790 Sc. - a stupid, foolish person; a blockhead; a simpleton; a fool; a lout GAIBIE

n. 1796 - a person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs; a dolt, a blockhead DUMMY

n. 1796 colloq. & Eng. dial. - a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a stupid or silly fellow; a soft person; a dunce; a clownish person; one who gapes and stares about in ignorant wonder GABY

n. 1796 Eng. dial. - a simpleton; a stupid person; a blockhead; an idiot; a dolt NAFF-HEAD

n. 1798 - a fool; a simpleton; a stupid person; a blockhead SAP-HEAD

n. 1805 Eng. dial. - a blockhead, a stupid person DAFFHEAD

n. 1805 Eng. dial. - a silly, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a blockhead DAFT WATTY

n. 1806 Amer. dial. - a stupid, dull-witted, or mulish person; a blockhead; a dunce LOGGERHEAD

n. 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a stupid, silly person, a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a clumsy lout; an open-mouthed, vacant-minded, staring person, esp. one given to talking much and foolishly GAUPUS; GAWPUS

n. 1809 colloq. - a blockhead (orig. US) DUMMKOPF

n. 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool SAP; SAPP

n. 1817 sl. - a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool; a dunce SAPADILLO; SAPOLIO; SAPOLO; SAPPER; SAPPO; ZAPP

n. 1820 - a stupid fellow; a blockhead CHUCKLE-PATE

n. 1823 - a stupid or foolish person; a dolt; an oaf; a blockhead JACKASS

n. 1825 sl. - a fool; a blockhead; a stupid person POTHEAD

n. 1827 - a female blockhead; a stupid woman (nonce word) BLOCKHEADESS

n. 1828 - a foolish or stupid person; a blockhead, dunce, dolt, or simpleton TOM-NODDY

n. Bk1828 Eng. dial. - an objectionable blockhead; a disgusting and silly fellow; a nasty, dirty, slovenly fellow, both in habit and deed HACKSLAVER

n. c1840 Brit. colloq. - a very foolish or silly person; a blockhead MOONRAKER

n. 1842 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a person befooled on the 1st of May; an 'April fool'; a silly person; a dupe; a blockhead MAY-GOSLING

n. 1848 Amer. dial. - a blockhead; a foolish fellow; a mischievous child NIMSHI; NIMSHY

n. 1850 sl. - a blockhead; a fool BEETLEBROW

n. Bk1850 Eng. dial. - an ungainly blockhead HAGGOKNOW(S)

n. 1855 - a stupid, awkward, or incompetent person; a dolt; a fool; a blockhead; an old person, disrespectfully spoken to MOAK; MOKE

n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. - a blockhead BITLEHEAD; GAULY

n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. - a soft-headed person; a simpleton; a blockhead; an idiot NAFFY

n. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a vacant, staring person; a fool, a blockhead, a simpleton; a stupid or silly person GAUPY

n. 1860 colloq. - a blockhead STUPID

n. 1862 sl. - a stupid person; a dolt; a blockhead BOODLE

n. 1864 - a foolish or stupid person; a blockhead BESOM-HEAD

n. 1867 Amer. dial. - a fool; a blockhead; a dolt GAWNICUS

n. 1868 Eng. dial. - a fool; a blockhead SAPPY

n. 1868 Sc. - a dolt; a blockhead MOLE-HEAD

n. 1869 Eng. dial. - -a person befooled on the 1st of May; an 'April fool'; a silly person; a dupe; a blockhead MAY-FOOL

n. 1870 sl. - (derogatory) a stupid, dull-witted, inactive person; a silly person; a dolt; a blockhead CABBAGE

n. 1871 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; a simpleton; a playful, teasing youth or girl; literally 'mow the moon' MAWMOOIN

n. 1873 Eng. dial. - a blockhead NUG-HEAD

n. Bk1873 Eng. dial. - a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead SAP-SCAUP

n. Bk1875 Eng. dial. - an ungainly blockhead HAG-A-KNOWE

n. 1876 Eng. dial. - a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead SAP-TOPPIN

n. 1877 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; an idiot YOMMER-HEAD

n. Bk1877 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; a stupid blunderer WACK-HEAD

n. Bk1878 Eng. dial. - a fool, a blockhead; a clumsy fellow GLOWT

n. Bk1880 Eng. dial. - a blockhead BIFFHEAD

n. Bk1881 Eng. dial. - a blockhead GAWLEY

n. 1882 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; a term of reproach TIMBER-HEAD

n. Bk1882 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; a fool ZAPE; ZAPY

n. 1885 Sc. - a foolish fellow; a blockhead TAWPIE

n. 1887 Sc. & US sl. - a blockhead DUMBHEAD

n. Bk1887 Eng. dial. - an awkward, ill-kept, dirty person; a filthy, slovenly man; a boor, a fool, a blockhead GAUBSHITE; GAWPSHEET

n. 1889 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; a silly, awkward person DAFTY WHATTY

n. 1890 - an odd, unusual, strange, or queer character; a strangely-acting person; a blockhead GEEZER

n. 1894 Amer. dial. - a stupid, simple person; a blockhead DODUNK

n. 1894 Eng. dial. - a foolish fellow; a stupid person; a blockhead; a simpleton ATTWOOD

n. 1897 Eng. dial. - a stupid person, a blockhead, a dolt CHOLTER-HEAD; CHOWTER-HEAD

n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; a stupid person ASSEN-HEAD; ASS-HEAD

n. 1899 Sc. - a fool; a blockhead SAP-CRUST

n. 19C Brit. sl. - an oaf; a blockhead; a stupid person HEY NONNY-NONNY; NONNY-NONNY

n. 19C Brit. sl. - an oaf; a fool; a blockhead STUMP

n. 19C Eng. dial. - a fool; a blockhead DUMMOCK

n. 19C Eng. dial. - a fool, simpleton, or blockhead MADDLIN; MADDLING

n. L19 US sl. - an oaf; a blockhead; someone with a totally closed mind CLAM

n. B1900 Eng. dial. - a young fool; a blockhead NOGGY

n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - a blockhead HEKKAH-PON-DOODLE

n. Bk1903 Eng. dial. - a fool, simpleton, blockhead WACKY

n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - a blockhead, a fool SAPPY-CRUST; SAPPY-HEAD

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a blockhead MAW-YED

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a blockhead; an oaf MELL-HEAD

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a fool; a stupid person; a blockhead MATHUM; MEATHUM

n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a person of soft intellect, an idiot, a fool, a blockhead, a stupid person MOOSIE; MOOSY

n. 1909 sl. - a stupid person; a dolt; a blockhead; a silly or childish person BOOB

n. Bk1913 Amer. dial. - a blockhead BONE-HEAD

n. 1914 Irish sl. - a fool or blockhead BOSTHOON; BOSTOON

n. 1919 Amer. dial. - a stupid person; a fool; a blockhead; an uncouth person LEATHER-NECK

n. 1919 US sl. - a dolt; a blockhead; a stupid person LAMEBRAIN

n. 1919 US sl. - a foolish bystander; esp. one who witnesses a crime but is not taking part; a blockhead (criminals' usage) GAPPER

n. 1920 sl. - a blockhead (orig. US) DUMB-BELL

n. 1921 Sc. - a term of contempt for a silly, lumpish fellow; a blockhead YAM

n. 1932 Amer. sl. - a blockhead; a stupid person MELONHEAD

n. 1934 US sl. - a stupid, incompetent person; a blockhead or bungler HALF-ASS

n. 1936 Sc. - a fool; a blockhead GLYORACH

n. 1949 Amer. sl. - a blockhead; a fool; a stupid person CEMENTHEAD

n. 1952 Amer. sl. - a blockhead; an idiot LEADHEAD

n. 1953 Amer. sl. - a stupid or useless person; an idiot; a blockhead MOMO

n. 1955 Sc. - a term of mild, jocular abuse; a blockhead HADDIE

n. 1960 Amer. sl. - a blockhead MAHONEY

n. 1971 - a blockhead; a fool (Italian-American) CHOOCH

n. 1973 Amer. sl. - a blockhead; an insincere person BUTTHEAD

n. 1977 US sl. - a blockhead FROGBRAIN

n. 1978 US sl. - a dolt; a blockhead; a stupid person LAMEHEAD

n. 20C US colloq. - a stupid person; a blockhead; someone whose brains are more useless than sawdust SAWDUST-HEAD

n. 20C US colloq. - an oaf; a blockhead STUPEHEAD

n. 20C US sl. - a blockhead; an oaf; a stupid person WOODENHEAD

BLOND, BLONDE

(also see HAIR)

n. 1936 sl. - a conspicuously attractive but stupid blonde woman (orig. US) DUMB BLONDE

n. 1948 US sl. - in the early days of black and white television, a blonde; because a blonde's hair takes up all the light in the picture BLIZZARD HEAD

n. 1960s sl. - a (dyed) blond male (homosexual usage) VIKING QUEEN

BLOOD, BLOODY

adj. 1447 rare - pert. to blood, consisting of blood, containing blood SANGUINE

adj. 1524 obs. rare - bloody; figuratively, cruel CRUENT

adj. 1528 - inflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; barbarous; bloody; of a blow or stroke: violent, rough BUTCHERLY

adj. 1575 - inflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; murderous; barbarous; bloody BUTCHEROUS

adj. 1597 - pert. to blood; tinged or stained blood; containing blood SANGUINOLENT

adj. 1625 - attended by bloodshed; characterized by slaughter; bloody SANGUINARY

adj. 1626 obs. - brutal; barbarous; bloody BUTCHERY

adj. 1646 - pert. to blood; containing blood SANGUINEOUS

adj. 1648 obs. rare - smeared with blood, bloody CRUENTOUS

adj. 1658 obs. - resembling blood; blood-red HAEMATINE

adj. 1662 obs. - blood-producing SANGUIFICATIVE

adj. 1665 obs. rare - blood-stained; smeared with blood; bloody CRUENTATE

adj. 1682 - bearing or conveying blood SANGUIFEROUS

adj. 1684 obs. - flowing with blood SANGUIFLUOUS

adj. 1684 rare - afraid of blood, averse to bloodletting HAEMOPHOBOUS

adj. 1684 rare - blood-producing SANGUIFIC

adj. 1684 rare - pert. to blood SANGUINARY

adj. 1705 - causing or delighting in bloodshed; bloody, bloodthirsty, eager to kill (now poetic usage) SANGUINE

adj. 1785 Sc. - blood-stained, wet with blood RED-WAT

adj. 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial. - bloody RED

adj. a1814 - stained with blood SANGUINED

adj. 1816 obs. - of a blood colour, or resembling blood SANGUINACEOUS

adj. 1824 Eng. dial. - of blood: coagulated LOCKERED

adj. 1828 - feeding on blood SANGUINIVOROUS

adj. 1833 - pert. to blood SANGUINOUS

adj. 1842 - feeding on blood SANGUIVOROUS

adj. a1844 Amer. dial. - smeared with blood, bloody IN A GORE OF BLOOD

adj. 1848 obs. - clotted, clogged, or smeared with blood; having the hair matted with blood BLOOD-BOLTERED

adj. 1852 - producing blood SANGUIGENOUS

adj. 1854 - pert. to blood; containing blood; of a blood-red colour HAEMATIC; HEMATIC

adj. 1891 - bearing or conveying blood SANGUINIFEROUS

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bloody BLEEDY

n. a1240 - blood from the heart; blood shed in death, life-blood; hence, vital energy, life HEART-BLOOD

n. a1400 obs. - royal blood SANG ROYAL

n. 1523 obs. - the blood of Christ SANG ROYAL

n. 1578 - the formation of blood; conversion into blood SANGUIFICATION

n. 1583 obs. - clotted blood JELLY-BLOOD

n. 1590 obs. rare - blood VERMEIL; VERMIL

n. 1597 obs. - a flow of blood SANGUINATION

n. 1599 obs. - shedding of blood FALL

n. 1604 sl. - blood (boxing usage) CLARET

n. a1723 - blood from the heart; blood shed in death, life-blood; hence, vital energy, life HEART'S-BLOOD

n. 1774 - blood; a fluid, real or imaginary, likened to the blood of animals ICHOR

n. 1849 sl. obs. - blood (boxing usage) RUBY

n. 1854 sl. - blood DUTCH PINK

n. 1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - a pool of blood LETCH

n. 1875 - the formation of blood SANGUINIFICATION

n. 1886 - fear or horror at the sight of blood HAEMOPHOBIA

n. 1896 - lust for the shedding of blood BLOOD-LUST

n. 1898 - one who has a lust for blood BLOOD-DRINKER

n. 1899 Amer. dial. - a lump of something semiliquid; a lump of clotted blood; a lump of snow GOUT

n. 1899 Amer. dial. - clotted blood under the skin BRUISED BLOOD

n. M19 sl. - blood BADMINTON

n. M19 sl. - blood OCTOBER

n. 1920s sl. - artificial blood, e.g. tomato juice, as used on the stage (theatrical usage) KENSINGTON GORE

n. 1938 US sl. - blood JUICE

n. 1950s US sl. - any form of dirt; esp. the (dried) residue of body fluids, as blood, semen, etc. (African-American usage) CRUNT

n. 1960s US sl. - n. blood GLUE

n. 1961 UK - a medical operative who draws off a patient's or donor's blood; a member of any National Blood Transfusion collecting team (usually jocular usage) VAMPIRE

vb. c1210 obs. - to make bloody BEBLOODY

vb. a1230 obs. or arch - to cover or stain with blood; to make bloody BEBLEED

vb. c1400 obs. - of blood: to flow, to gush down RAIL

vb. 1474 obs. - to shed blood BESHED

vb. 1610 obs. - to stain with blood SANGUINE

vb. 1624 obs. - to produce blood SANGUIFY

vb. 1636 obs. - of water, the blood: to seethe, to boil WAMBLE

vb. 1650 obs. - to convert into blood SANGUIFY

vb. 1768 Sc. - of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle LAPPER

vb. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - of blood or dirt: to clot, to become hardened, or encrusted BARKEN

vb. E19 Aust. sl. - to cover or smear someone with blood VERMILION

BLOODLESS

adj. 1615 obs. - having no blood; bloodless UNBLOODY

adj. 1675 obs. rare - bloodless SANGUINELESS

BLOODSHED

adj. 1612 rare - pert. to bloodshed; giving rise to bloodshed; bloodthirsty SANGUINEOUS

adj. 1625 - attended by bloodshed; characterized by slaughter; bloody SANGUINARY

adj. 1644 obs. - not involving bloodshed UNBLOODIED

adj. 1705 - causing or delighting in bloodshed; bloody, bloodthirsty, eager to kill (now poetic usage) SANGUINE

adj. 1755 obs. - bloodthirsty; attended by bloodshed; cruel; merciless, eager to kill SANGUINOUS

adv. 1765 obs. - in a manner characterized by bloodshed SANGUINELY

BLOODSHOT

adj. 1490 obs. - of eyes: bloodshot SANGUINOUS

adj. 1700 obs. - of eyes: bloodshot SANGUINED

adj. 1899 Amer. dial. - bloodshot BLOODSHOTTEN

adj. Bk1911 Sc. - bloodshot BLOOD-RUN

BLOOD-SUCKING

adj. 1897 - blood-sucking SANGUISUGOUS

adj. Bk1914 rare - blood-sucking SANGUISUGENT

BLOODTHIRSTINESS, BLOODTHIRSTY

adj. 1532 obs. rare - cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless TIGEROUS; TIGROUS

adj. 1545 - inclined to bloodshed or violence; bloodthirsty; cruel or barbarous in manner BLOODY-MINDED

adj. 1573 - cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless TIGERISH; TIGRISH

adj. 1577-87 rare - bloodthirsty; cruel; merciless; eager to kill SANGUINOLENT

adj. 1612 rare - pert. to bloodshed; giving rise to bloodshed; bloodthirsty SANGUINEOUS

adj. 1615 obs. - bloodthirsty, cruel, eager to kill SANGUISUGOUS

adj. 1623 - bloodthirsty; delighting in carnage; eager to kill SANGUINARY

adj. 1633 rare - tigerish; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless TIGERLY

adj. 1637 obs. - bloodthirsty; delighting in carnage SANGUINARIAN

adj. 1654 obs. rare - bloodthirsty; eager to kill SANGUINARIOUS

adj. 1663 obs. - bloodthirsty; attended by bloodshed; cruel; merciless SANGUINOUS

adj. c1665 - not bloodthirsty; averse to bloodshed UNBLOODY

adj. a1704 obs. - of the nature of a tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless TIGERANTIC

adj. 1705 - causing or delighting in bloodshed; bloody, bloodthirsty, eager to kill (poetic usage) SANGUINE

adj. 1859 rare - cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless TIGERY

adj. 1874 - having the qualities of the tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless (nonce word) TIGEROCIOUS

n. 1500-20 - a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition; also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage TIGER

n. a1550 obs. - a bloodthirsty person SANGUINARY

n. 1591 obs. - an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person LESTRIGON

n. a1616 - a cruel or bloodthirsty person SPARTAN DOG

n. 1664 obs. - bloodthirstiness SANGUINOLENCY

n. 1680 - a bloodthirsty person FEE-FAW-FUM

n. a1887 - an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person LESTRIGONIAN

n. 1891 rare - bloodthirstiness SANGUINOLENCE

BLOOD VESSEL

n. 1681 obs. - a blood-vessel SANGUIDUCT

n. 1935 Amer. dial. - a blood vessel LEADER

BLOOM, BLOOMING, BLOSSOM, BLOSSOMING

adv. 1855 - in or into bloom ABLOOM

adj. B1900 obs. - full of flowers, flowery; blossoming FLORULOUS

adv. Bk1902 Eng. dial. - blooming, in flower ABLOW

n. c1400 obs. - the full blooming of a flower SPANNISHING

n. 1602 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - a blossoming or bloom BLOWTH

n. 1744 Amer. dial. - a flower blossom; collectively, bloom BLOW

n. 1750 Sc. & Eng. dial. - the blossom of a plant BELL

n. 1891 Eng. dial. - apple blossom APPLE-BLOWTH

n. Bk1911 Sc. - a blossom; a bloom BLAW

vb. c1150 obs. - to put forth buds; to bud; to put forth a blossom or a fruit GEM

vb. a1300 rare - to fling, to hurl; to shoot out the tongue; to put forth blossoms (chiefly poetic usage) LANCE

vb. a1382 obs. - to bloom again AGAIN-FLOWER

vb. 1884 Amer. dial. - to blossom BLOW

vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to blossom BLUME

vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to blossom, to flower BLAW

BLOT

vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to blot or disfigure any writing BLUDDER; BLUTHER

BLOTCH, BLOTCHED, BLOTCHY

adj. 1777 Eng. dial. - uneven in colour; blotched, streaky, mottled, smeary; of a rough, unclean appearance SCAWVY; SCOVY

adj. 1810 Eng. dial. - spotted, blotched, marked with pimples; speckled, mottled MEASLED; MEEZLED

adj. 1854 Eng. dial. - blotched, messy, soiled by handling CABBED

adj. 1873 Eng. dial. - covered with blotches or pimples AMPERY

adj. B1900 Eng. dial. - blotched DICKERED

adj. Bk1904 Sc. - stained, blotched, having patchy marks SCAMY

adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - spotty; disfigured by blotches or spots, marked with blemishes MEALY

n. a1300 obs. - a spot, a blotch, a blemish, a blot TACHE

BLOTTING PAPER

n. a1648 obs. - blotting-paper SUCKING-PAPER

n. 1656 obs. - blotting paper MACULATURE

n. Bk1911 Sc. - blotting-paper BLOT-SHEET

BLOUSE

also see SHIRT

n. 2002 UK sl. - a shirt, a blouse CHEMMIE

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