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      • Reverse Dictionary DISABILITY - DISCOVERY
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      • Reverse Dictionary DO - DOLTISH
      • Reverse Dictionary DOMESTIC - DRAGONFLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary EXACERBATE - EXCELLENTLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary FOOD - FOOD POISONING
      • Reverse Dictionary FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary HONEST - HORROR-STRUCK
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      • Reverse Dictionary IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
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      • Reverse Dictionary. LIBEL - LION
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      • Reverse Dictionary MALL - MARMOT
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      • Reverse Dictionary MENTAL - MILDNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary MONEY - MONEY ORDER
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BLACKB  -  BLOVZ


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

BLACKBALL

vb. 1853 sl. -  to blackball PILL
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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 
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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
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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
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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
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BLACK MAGIC

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

(also see SMITH)
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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 
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BLADDER

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

n. 1607 - the act of whitening, blanching, bleaching DEALBATION 
 
n. 1822 rare - a blanching or paling PALLESCENCE 
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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
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BLANDISHMENT

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

n. 1887 Sc. - a blast ON-BLAFF
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 
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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
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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
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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 
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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
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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
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BLOCKADE

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

adj. 1615 obs. - having no blood; bloodless UNBLOODY 
 
adj. 1675 obs. rare - bloodless SANGUINELESS
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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
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BLOOD-SUCKING

adj. 1897 - blood-sucking SANGUISUGOUS 
 
adj. Bk1914 rare - blood-sucking SANGUISUGENT
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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
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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
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BLOT

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

​n. a1648 obs. - blotting-paper SUCKING-PAPER 
 
n. 1656 obs. - blotting paper MACULATURE 
 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - blotting-paper BLOT-SHEET
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BLOUSE

also see SHIRT

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

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