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flower.4. [Low.] Spree, carousal, drinking frolic, BLOW-OUT.Blow, v. n. 1. Move or flow in currents (as the wind).2. Pant, puff, lose breath, breathe hard.3. Flower, bloom, blossom.4. [Low.] Blab, tell a secret, tell tales, let the cat out of the bag.Blow, v. a. 1. Drive by the wind.2. Force wind upon, direct a current of air upon.Blow down, Prostrate (by the wind).Blow off, 1. Drive from shore (by the wind, as a ship).2. Detach or scatter (by the wind, as fruit from trees).3. Let off (as steam), suffer to escape.Blow out, Extinguish.Blow-out, n. [Colloquial.] Carousal, BLOW.Blow up, [Active.] 1. Inflate, fill with air.2. Burst, scatter by explosion, cause to explode.3. Kindle.4. (Low.) Scold, rate, berate, chide, reprimand, censure, reprove, blame, scold at.Blow up, [Neuter.] Explode, burst, be scattered by explosion.Blow upon, Discredit, blast, taint, bring into disfavor, make distasteful.Blow-valve, n. Snifting-valve.Blowzed, a. Ruddy, BLOWZY.Blowzy, a. Ruddy, blowzed, tanned, ruddy-faced, high-colored, sun-burnt.Blubber, n. Whale fat.Blubber, v. n. Cry (so as to swell the cheeks), whine, whimper, weep.Bludgeon, n. Club, cudgel.Blue, a. 1. Azure, cerulean, sky-colored.2. [Colloquial.] Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding, downhearted, hypochondriac, hypped, chopfallen, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth.Blue, n. Azure, sky-color.Blue-devils, n. pl. Blues.Blue-fish, n. Tailor, skip-jack, snapping mackerel (Temnodon saltator).Blues, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] Melancholy, dejection, depression, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, vapors, megrims, low spirits, blue-devils, the dismals.Blue-stocking, n. Literary woman.Blue-vitriol, n. Sulphate of copper.Bluff, a. Blustering, swaggering, bullying, vaporing, pompous, coarse, rude, BLUNT, gruff, churlish, bearish.Bluff, n. Precipitous bank (especially on the margin of a river or the sea).Bluff, v. a. [Low.] Repulse (by a bluff manner), repel, snub, bluff off, send away with a flea in one's ear.Blunder, v. n. Mistake (grossly), err (from want of care), make a bull.Blunder, n. Mistake (of the grossest kind), error (from thoughtlessness), gross mistake, bull.Blunderbuss, n. 1. Short gun (with a large bore).2. Blunderer, blunderhead, stupid fellow.Blunderer, n. Blunderhead, blunderbuss, stupid fellow.Blunderhead, n. Blunderer.Blunt, a. 1. Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless.2. Abrupt, bluff, gruff, rough, rude, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite, BRUSQUE, not gentle.Blunt, v. a. 1. Dull, make dull.2. Benumb, paralyze, deaden, stupefy, obtund, hebetate; make insensible, callous, or obtuse.3. Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, quiet, alleviate, soften.Blunt-witted, a. Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, obtuse, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow.Blur, n. Blot, stain, spot, blemish, soil, tarnish, defect.Blur, v. a. 1. Obscure, darken.2. Tarnish, stain, blot, sully, spot, blemish.Blush, v. n. Redden (in the cheeks), color.Blush, n. Reddening (of the cheeks), suffusion of the face.Bluster, v. n. 1. Roar (as the wind), make a loud noise.2. Vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully.3. Make a great ado, make much ado about nothing.Bluster, n. 1. Boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence.2. Boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE.3. Great ado, much ado about nothing.Blusterer, n. Swaggerer, bully, boaster, braggart, vaunter, BOUNCER, roisterer, huff, braggadocio, drawcansir, fire-eater, BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow.Blustering, a. 1. Windy, stormy, tempestuous, squally, gusty.2. Swaggering, boasting, bragging, blattering, pompous, assuming, important, arrogant, swelling, big, bluff, self-sufficient, self-conceited.Board, n. 1. Plank (thin).2. Table (for food), stand.3. Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals.4. Conclave, council, committee.Board, v. a. 1. Cover with boards.2. Enter or go on board of (a vessel) by force.3. Furnish with meals.Boards, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] The stage (of a theatre).Boast, v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, BLUSTER, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs, TALK BIG, ride a high horse.Boast, v. a. 1. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of.2. (Sculp.) Shape roughly (as a block of marble).Boast, n. 1. Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.2. Cause of pride or laudable exultation.Boaster, n. Braggart, braggadocio, BLUSTERER.Boastful, a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.Boasting, n. Vaunt, brag, BOAST.Boast one's self, Exult over-confidently.Boat-shaped, a. (Bot.) Cymbiform, navicular, SCAPHOID.Bob, v. a. 1. Move with a jerk.2. Strike (suddenly and lightly), rap, knock.3. Clip, cut short.4. [Rare.] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud.Bob, v. n. 1. Play back and forward, have a jerking motion.2. Angle (with a jerking motion), fish.Bob, n. 1. Jerking motion.2. Pendent, hanging appendage.Bobolink, n. Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (Dolichonyx orizyvorus).Bode, v. a. Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, presage, augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of.Bode, v. n. Forebode, presage.Bodice, n. 1. Corset, stays.2. Waist (of a dress).Bodiless, a. Incorporeal, without a body.Bodily, a. 1. Of the body.2. Corporeal.Bodily, ad. 1. Corporeally.2. Entirely (as respects the body or mass), completely, wholly.Body, n. 1. Material substance, material part (as distinguished from the spirit or life).2. Carcass, corpse, dead body.3. Visible form or frame.4. Trunk (as distinguished from the limbs), stem, BOLE.5. Bulk, main part (as distinguished from subordinate parts).6. Person, being, individual, mortal, creature.7. Company, band, party, COTERIE, society, association, corporation.8. System, summary, general collection.9. Consistency, thickness, substance.Body coat, n. Dress coat.Bog, n. Morass, quagmire, slough, fen, marsh, swamp.Bog-berry, n. Cranberry.Boggle, v. n. Hesitate, vacillate, waver, falter, demur, shrink, hang back, shrink back, hang fire, be in suspense.Bogtrotter, n. [In derision.] Irishman.Bogus, a. [Cant term, U. S.] Spurious, counterfeit, false.Bohea, n. Black tea.Boil, v. n. 1. Be agitated by heat.2. Bubble, rise in bubbles.3. Be ardent, be hot.Boil, v. a. Seethe.Boil, n. Furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor.Boiling, n. Ebullition.Boisterous, a. 1. Roaring, loud, stormy.2. Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous.Bold, a. 1. Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous, valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited.2. Confident, assured, free from bashfulness.3. Impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing, assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced.4. Conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view.5. Steep, abrupt.Bold-faced, a. Impudent, BOLD.Boldness, n. 1. Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, BRAVERY, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, SPUNK.2. Confidence,

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