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Uind'-a-mai'-s'l, blind-man's buff; 

 a game played by the young. 



hliad'-hait, blindness. 



Mind' -half -ter, blindhalter, blinkers. 



blindt, blind. 



blind'-ts'la, to wink. 



blit'-sa, lightning ; to flash, as light- 

 ning. 



bid, 1. blue. 



2. indigo, "bluing." 



blo-bdrg', Blue mountain — a range 

 in Eastern Pennsylvania. 



hlohar' -ydr, an inhabitant of the 

 regions of the Blue moun- 

 tains. 



hlo'-der, a blister. 



blo'-der-a, 1. to blister. 



2. to tattle, or scatter gossip. 



blo'-fogh'l, blue bird (Sialia sialis 

 Bd.). 



bid' -hush-dayVfhooping cough. From 

 blo.hlue, and /ms/i' -da, cough; 

 denoting the color of the face 

 during paroxysm. 



bloJc, a log. 



blok'-hai'-s'l, a log cabin. 



blok'-haus, log house. 



bids, 1. bare ; only. 

 2. a blister. 



blo'-sd, to blow. 



blos'-balk, bellows. 



blot, bare, denuded of covering. 



blot' -kep-ich, bare-headed ; bald- 

 headed. 



blot'-sa, to jump or jar, as in a car- 

 riage, or on horseback, in 

 going over rough soil. 



bind, blood. 



blii'-da, to bleed. 



hlud'-ich, bloody. 



bliid' -suk'l-ar, a leech ; lit., blood- 

 sucker. 



Uud'-war-tsel, blood root {Sanguin- 

 aria canadensis). 



blug, plow. 



blu'-gha, to plow. 



blu' -md-ken' -er, a botanist. 



bill' -md-kr ants, a wreath of flow- 

 ers. 



blu' -ma-sJitraus, a raceme, a sprig of 

 flowers ; nosegay. 



blut, blood. 



bob' -'I, a bably. 



bod'-bdi. potpie. 



bod'-esh, potash. 



bod' I, bottle. 



bod'-'l-chia, a vial or small bottle. 



bod'-'l-i, a vial ; used sometimes by 

 the illiterate. 



bod'-ta, bottom, the ground or 

 earth. 



bod'-'m, the ground, or earth, bot- 

 tom. 



bof -la-haut, l/uflFalo robe. 



bo'-gha, a bow, a curve. 



bo' -gha-ftiat, bow-gun — cross bow. 



bok, buck ; ram. 



bon, bean. 



bd^'-na-grai'-Vl, summer savory. 



bo^'-nd-shtok, bean pole. 



bd'-ra, to drill, or to bore. 



bord, 1. a board. 



2. boarding, meals. 



bdrd'-kdr-ich, the gallery in a church. 



bordt, board. 



bos, a kiss. 



bos'-sd, to kiss. 



bot'l, bottle 



bran'-de-wai", whisky. 



brdf, good, of excellent deport- 

 ment, brave. 



braf'-it, profit, gain. 



brai, pap. 



brai'-di-gam, bridegroom. 



brand, ergot. 



brandt, 1. mortification, gangrene. 

 2. brand, firebrand. 



brandt' -shtif -ter, an incendiary. 



hral'-la, to brag, to boast. 



bral'-ler, a braggart. 



brat'-s'l-a, to sputter, sputtering. 



brav'-a, to brew. 



