• BLEFF
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – turbulent, noisy
• BLEFFART
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a squall, a storm, a hurricane; a sudden and violent snowstorm
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a stroke
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – of the wind: to bluster
• BLEFFIN
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a block or wedge of wood
• BLEFFIN-HEAD
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a blockhead, a simpleton
• BLEFLUM
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a sham, an illusion, what has no reality in it
• BLEFLUMMERY
n. Bk1911 Sc. – vain imaginations
• BLELLUM
n. 1787 Sc. obs. – a foolish, talkative person; an idle chatterer
• BLEMAGE
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – a blemish
• BLEMISH
n. 1899 Amer. dial. – a motion as if to strike
• BLEMMLE
vb. 1864 Eng. dial. – to mix up fluid and solid, as flour and water
• BLENCH
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – a fault
n. 2. 1878 Eng. dial. – a glance, a glimpse
vb. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to glance
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to blind
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to spoil; to cause to blister
vb. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to betray; to impeach
• BLENCHED
adj. 1825 Sc. – of milk: a little sour
• BLENCH-LIPPED
adj. 1817 Sc. – having a white mouth
• BLEND
vb. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to bewilder, to mislead, to confuse
vb. 2. 1942 Amer. sl. – to marry
• BLENK
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a glance
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to shine; to glimmer; to wink
• BLENT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – blended, mixed
vb. 1. 1825 Sc. – of fire: to flash
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – of the sun: to shine after the sky has been overcast
• BLENTER
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a boisterous, intermittent wind; a gust
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a strong, sharp blow, a flat stroke
vb. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – to rush, to make haste
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to strike with a strong, sharp blow
• BLENTERING
adj. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – blundering
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – near-sighted
• BLEPHUM
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a sham
• BLESILOQUENT
adj. 1656 obs. rare – speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech
Etymology: from Latin blæsiloquentem, from blæsus (lisping, stammering) + (loquentem speaking)
• BLESS
vb. 1746 Eng. dial. – to charm or cure by incantation
• BLESSED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – good
• BLESSED BE THE MAKER
phr. 1892 N. Ireland – used before or after detailing the personal defects of another
• BLESSING
n. 1. 1863 Amer. dial. – a scolding; a tongue-lashing
n. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. – a charm
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – something given into the bargain or thrown in
• BLESSING-OUT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a scolding; a tongue-lashing
• BLESS ME!
int. 1709 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BLESS MY SOUL!
int. 1851 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BLESS MY TATERS!
int. 1895 Eng. dial. – a mild oath
• BLESS O’ BARN!
int. 1867 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
• BLESS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE MOUTH
vb. 1890 Eng. dial. – to curse
• BLESS OUT
vb. 1935 Amer. dial. – to scold or rebuke
• BLESS THE KING AND ALL HIS MEN!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
• BLESS US!
int. 1646 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BLET
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a large fragment
• BLETCH
n. 1890 Eng. dial. – a pimple; a blister
• BLETHER
n. 1. 1861 Sc. & Eng. dial. – soft mud, dirty rubbish of any kind
n. 2. Bk1898 Sc. – nonsense, foolish talk
n. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – windbag, a talkative person
vb. 1. 1524 orig. Eng. dial. – to talk nonsense; to prattle, to chatter
vb. 2. 1850 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to make any disturbance or commotion; to cry out
vb. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – to speak indistinctly; to stammer
vb. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to be out of breath; to put out of breath
vb. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to inflate, to distend, to blow out
• BLETHERATION
n. Bk1911 Sc. – foolish talk
• BLETHERBAG
n. 1870 Sc. – a fluent, foolish talker
• BLETHER-BREEKS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a bragging, idle fellow
• BLETHER-BRAINS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a noisy fool
• BLETHER-CHOPS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a noisy fool
• BLETHERER
n. Bk1898 Sc. – a foolish talker
• BLETHER-GUTS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a noisy fool
• BLETHER-HEAD
n. 1796 Eng. dial. – a noisy fool
• BLETHER-HEADED
adj. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – foolish; noisy
• BLETHERIE
n. 1800 Sc. – foolishness; deception
• BLETHERING
adj. 1. 1813 Eng. dial. – noisy, weeping
adj. 2. 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial. – talkative, foolish, boastful
n. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. – loud or foolish talking, blabbing
• BLETHER-LUGS
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a babbler, a telltale
• BLETHERSKATE
n. c1650 Eng. dial. & US colloq. – a noisy, talkative fellow; a talker of blatant nonsense
• BLETHER-TAIL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a babbler, a telltale
• BLETHER-TONGUE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a babbler, a telltale
• BLEUVED
adj.Bk1898 Sc. – dead
• BLEVIT
n. 1825 Sc. – a blow
• BLEWDER
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a hurricane
• BLEWDERY
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – tempestuous
• BLEWZE
vb. 1846 Eng. dial. – to look sulky or bad-tempered
• BLIB
n. Bk1911 Sc. – of tea, etc.: a weak, watery portion
• BLIBBANS
n. 1. 1824 Sc. – strips of soft or slimy stuff; generally used of seaweed on rocks at ebb-tide
n. 2. 1887 Sc. – large shreds of greens or cabbage put into broth
Etymology
– ? a cross between blib (a weak, watery portion, as of tea, etc.) and ribbons
• BLIBE
n. 1. 1787 Sc. – a stroke; the mark of a blow
n. 2. 1825 Sc. – a blister; a bubble
• BLICANT
adj. 1873 Eng. dial. – shining, bright
• BLICHAM
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a term of contempt for a person
• BLICHAN
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – a lively, showy youth; a harm-scarum fellow; a worthless person; a term of contempt
n. 2. 1825 Sc. – a small person; a lean, worn-out animal
• BLICHER
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a spare portion
• BLICK
n. 1881 – the brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refining process
vb. 19C obs. – to shine
• BLICKEN
vb. 1. 1856 Eng. dial. – to resemble
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to shine
• BLICKER
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to shine intermittently, to flicker, to glimmer
• BLICKEY
n. 1. 1859 Amer. dial. – a pail or bucket
n. 2. 1895 Amer. dial. – a short coat or jacket
• BLICKIE; BLICKY
n. 1859 Amer. dial. – a pail or bucket
• BLIDE
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – blithe, glad
• BLIERS
n. 1825 Sc. – the eyelashes
• BLIFFART; BLIFFERT
n. 1. 1804 Sc. – a stroke, a buffet
n. 2. 1825 Sc. – a squall, a gust; a short and sudden fall of snow
vb. Bk1898 Sc. – of the wind: to bluster
• BLIG
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a blackguard, a cad, a ‘snob’
• BLIGE
n. 1903 Amer. dial. – obligation
• BLIGEE; BLIGEY
adj. Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin – obliged
• BLIGH
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – lonely, dull
• BLIGHAN
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a small person; a term of contempt
• BLIGHT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a caterpillar; anything which destroys garden produce
• BLIGHTER
n. 1. 1896 Brit. sl. – a contemptible person; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; also, a fellow
n. 2. 1904 Brit. sl. – a male person of the stated sort, as an ‘old blighter’
• BLIGHTY
n. 1916 Brit. sl. – a wound sufficiently serious to warrant return to Britain
• BLIGHTY ONE
n. 1916 Brit. sl. – a wound sufficiently serious to warrant return to Britain
• BLIKE
vb. a1000 obs. – to shine, to glisten, to glitter
• BLIM
n. 1980s UK sl. – a very small portion of a drug, usually hashish
vb. 2000 UK sl. – to drop burning embers of cannabis
• BLIME!
int. 1889 Brit. – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BLIMEY
int. 1889 Brit. – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a British person; an English person
• BLIMP
n. 1. c1930 US sl. – a promiscuous girl; one who ‘floats’ from one man to another
n. 2. 1934 sl., derogatory – someone with reactionary views
n. 3. Bk1975 US sl. – an obese person
n. 4. Bk1975 US sl., orig. taxi-drivers’ usage – an old or dilapidated car
• BLIMPED
adj. 1960s Amer. sl. – drunk, fully intoxicated
• BLIMPISH
adj. 1938 sl., derogatory – having reactionary views
• BLIN
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – mistaken
n. 1. 1856 Sc. – deceit, guile
n. 2. 1856 Sc. – delay, hindrance
vb. 1724 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop
• BLIN’
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a little sleep
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to close the eyes in sleep
• BLINCH
n. 1888 Eng. dial. – a glimpse, a hasty view
vb. 1888 Eng. dial. – to get a glimpse of; to look about
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