blade 
If ere your Made* 
Had point or prowess, prove them now. 
.!/... ..r, l-alla Ronkli. 
The famous Damascus blade*. M t. >."nr,l in the time 
of the Crusaders, an- made liere no longer. 
/;. Tiiiili'i; l-aiids "( !!" Saracen, p. I'M. 
(It) The broad, flattened part of certain instruments mid 
utensils, as ..f an our, a paddle, a spade, etc . 
The W.i./.' of her light t.ur threw oil its shower of spray. 
H7,,t/..',, r.hdul "f rennaeoofc. 
(c) A hroad flattened part of a Lone: as, a Jaw-Matte ; 
spccillcally, tile ftrapnla or thoaldn blade. 
Atrides' lailc-e did g.M. 
I'yliemen's should. -r in the blade. 
Chapman, Iliad, \: 
Id) The front (hit part of the tongue. //. .SV.W Hand- 
book of Phonetics. (.> A commerda] name for the loot 
lar-e plates on the Bides, ami the five large plates in the 
middle "I the upper shell of the sea-turtle, which yield 
the best tortoise shell. (/') That Unit) of a level which is 
movalile on a pivot at the joint, in order that it may he 
adjusted to include any angle between it ami the stock. 
(.0 The float or vane of a propeller or paddle-wheel. (h) 
The weh or plate of a saw. (i) The edge of a sectorial 
tooth (j) In enlnm., one of the Hut, two-edged plates 
forming the sword-like ovipositor of certain Orthoptern 
and Bomoptm ; in a wider sense, the ovipositor Itself. 
4. A dashing or rollicking fellow; a swaggerer; 
a rakish fellow ; strictly, perhaps, one who is 
sharp and wide awake: as, "jolly blades," Lve- 
lyn, Memoirs, i. 
The soldiers of the city, valiant Uadts. 
B. Jmuon, Magnetlck Lady, in. 4. 
A hrisk young fellow, with his hat cocked like a fool 
behind, as the present fashion among the blades is. 
Pepyt, Diary, III. 142. 
He saw a turnkey in a trice 
Fetter a troublesome blade. 
Coleridge, The Devil's Thoughts. 
5. One of the principal rafters of a roof . Oicilt. 
blade (blad), r.; pret. and pp. Waded, ppr. 
binding. [< ME. Marten (= MLG. Uaden = Sw. 
bldda, thin out plants); from the noun.] I. 
trans. 1. To take off the blades of (herbs). 
[Now only prov. Eng.] 2. To furnish with a 
blade; fit a blade to.-To blade lit, to nght with 
blades or swords. 
II. intraiis. To come into blade; produce 
blades. 
As sweet a plant, as fair a Bower is faded, 
As ever In the Muse's garden bladed. 
I". Fletcher, Eliza, an Elegy. 
blade-bone (blad'bon), n. The scapula or shoul- 
der-blade. 
bladed (bla'ded), p. a. [< blade + -ed*.] 1. 
Having a blade or blades, as a plant, a knife, 
etc.: as, "bladed grass," Shak., M. N. D., i. 
1; "bladed field," Thomson, Summer, 1. 57. 
2. Stripped of blades or leaves. 3. In mineral., 
composed of long and narrow plates like the 
575 
blady (bla'di), n. [< Mfide + -y*.] Consisting 
of blades; provided with blades or leav.- : 
as, "the Mady grass," Ifrayton, Polyolbion, 
blae (bia or ble), a. and n. [Sc. and North. K. ; 
also written him, !>/,</, hl,ii/:< ME. bin, blnn. 
the north, dial, form (after Icel. blur, ilark- 
blue, livid, = Sw. Ma = Dan. blaa, blue) corre- 
sponding to the reg. southern Mo, Moo, MM, 
Move, mod. E. dial. hloir, < AS. "Maw (in deriv. 
blaticen, bluish) = OFries. 1,1,1 IT, bldit = MD. bla, 
Wan later blacuic, D. blatiuw = ML(i. liliiir, LG. 
blau = OHG. Ma,, (l,l,iir-). MHG. hid (Mair-), 
G. blau (whence (from OHG.) ML. Mdrus, >It. 
biaro = OSp. blavo = Pr. blau, fern, bkiva, = Ot . 
and mod. P. bleu, > M K. hi, , blew (perhaps in 
part < AS. *Waiw (as in bltemen) for Maw), mod. 
E. blue, q. v.), blue, prob. = L. .flatus, yellow 
(color-names are unstable in application): see 
blue.] I. a. 1. Blue; blackish-blue; livid; 
also, bluish-gray; lead-colored : a color-name 
applied to various shades of blue. 2. Livid; 
pale-blue : applied to a person's complexion, as 
affected by cold, terror, or contusion 
Oh ! sire, some of you will stand with a Mae countenance 
before the tribunal of Ood. * Brute. 
II. n. [Commonly in pi. Maes; also written 
Maize, blaze.] In coal-mining, indurated argil- 
laceous shale or clay, sometimes containing 
nodules of iron ore. The same term is also 
applied to beds of hard sandstone. 
blaeberry (bla'ber'i), n. ; pi. blaeberries (-iz). 
[Sc. ; also spelled Meaberry, blayberry; < blae 
+ berry, after Icel. bldber = Sw. bl&bar = Dan. 
blaabier : see bilberry.] The Scotch name of the 
bilberry. 
blae-linen (bla 'liu 'en), n. A slate-colored 
linen beetled in the manufacture. Also blay- 
bisesiitas (ble'si-tas), n. [NL., < L. blow*, 
lisping, stammering; cf. Gr. /3/Uuoof, crooked, 
bandy-legged.] 1. Stuttering or stammering. 
2. An imperfection of speech consisting in 
the substitution of d for t, b for p, etc. See psel- 
Ksmus. [Rare.] 
blafft, i'. ' [Prob. < D. blaffen = MLG. LG. 
blaffrii, bark ; cf. ME. wlaffen, and baffen, E. 
fcajfi, bark: all appar. imitative.] To bark. 
Seals which would rise out of the water, and bla/ like a 
dog. Capl. Cowley, Voy. (1729), p. 6. (A. i'. D.) 
blamelessly 
blakeling (blak'ling), . [K. dial., < Make, yel- 
low, + -lingi.] The yellow bunting, llnlli- 
mll. [North. K.ng.l 
blamable. blameable (bla'ma-bl), a. [< blame 
+ -iihl,'.\ Deserving of blame or censure; 
faulty ; culpable ; reprehensible ; censurable. 
Such feelings though Miiiiinbl, , were natural and not 
wholly in. v u-:iM. " "<''.<", Mist. KICK., ii. 
blamableness, blameableness (bla'ma-bl- 
nes), n. The state or quality of being blama- 
ble; culpability; faultiness. 
If we are to measure degrees of blameableneu, one 
wrong must I* set off against the other. 
Edinburgh Hex., CLXIV. 450. 
blamably, blameably (bla'ma-bli), adv. In 
a blamable manner; culpably. 
I took occasion to observe, that the world in gen- 
eral began to be blamealili/ indifferent as to doctrinal 
matters" Ql,l*,ititli. Vj.-ar, xlv. 
blame (blam), r. t. ; pret. and pp. blamed, ppr. 
h/,imiii<j. [< ME. blumen = MI), blamen (also 
hlniHcren, D. Mameren), < OP. blasmcr, l,i<- 
F. bldmer = Pr. blasmar = OSp. blaxmar = 
It. biaximare, < LL. Masplieiiiare, speak ill of, 
blame, also blaspheme, < Gr. /i'/aa^a/fulv, speak 
ill, whence the full E. form blaspheme, q. v.] 1. 
To express disapprobation of ; find fault with ; 
censure: opposed to praise or commend. 
No lesse is to be Mam'd their odd pronouncing of Latlne, 
so that out of England none were able to understand or 
endure It. Xvelyn, Diary, May 13, 1861. 
We Named him, and with perfect justice and propriety, 
for saying what he did not mean. 
Macaulatj, Sadler s Ref. Refuted. 
Formerly it might be followed by of. 
blaffert (blaf'fert), n. [< MHG. blaphart,pla- 
nhart, plappert = MLG. Maffcrt = MD. blaf- 
ferd, Uaffaert (ML. Ma/ardus), a silver com 
jviitj uiujjufst * V^IU-AJ. v*i*^/ 
with a blank face, < Waffaert, having a blank 
or plane face, < blnf, having a blank or broad 
face : see blu/ 1 .] An old silver coin of Cologne, 
worth about 4 cents. 
blaflum (blaf'lum), H. [Also bleflum. Cf. be- 
fluni.] Deception; imposition; hoax. [Scotch.] 
blague (blag), . [F. J Humbug ; vain boast- 
ing ; pretentious falsehood. 
blague (blag), r. . ; pret. and pp. blagued, ppr. 
Mayaing. [< F. blaguer, humbug, hoax; from 
the noun.] To humbug; boast; lie jestingly 
She la Belgian shopkeeper] laughed, and said I Magttfd. 
The Bread-WiHiien, vi. 
Bladed Structure, Cyanite. 
blade of a knife : as, Mailed structure. 4. In 
her., used when the stalk or the blade of any 
kind of grain is borne of a color different from 
the ear or fruit : as, an ear of corn or, bladed 
vert, 
blade-fish (blad'fish), 11. A name in England 
of the hairtail, Tricliinrii.i 1,-jiturus. 
blade-metal (blad'met'al), . Metal forsword- 
blades. Milton. 
blade-mill (blad'mil), M. A mill for grinding 
off the rough surfaces of tools preparatory to 
polishing I hem. 
blade-ore (blaU'or), . A general name for 
the species of seaweed belonging to the genus 
l.iiuiinaria (which see). 
blader (bla'der), 11. It. One who makes 
swords. 2f. A swordsman. 3. In composi- 
tion with numerals, a tool having the number 
of blades indicated by the prefix: as, three-Wa- 
,1,-r. [Colloq.] 
bladesmitht (bUd'smith), . [< ME. bladxniyth, 
< html, blade, + tmitli.] A sword-cutler. York 
Flow, 
blade-spring (blad'sprint;), . A form <rf spring 
used to lioldiiistoii-rin^'s in place. 
hour :irms. whieh serve a. ilouble purliose. eonnec-tins; 
the boss with the top and bottom ot the piston, andearry- 
ing ut their extremities the ltladt-*i>rituj*. 
Camiiiii, Meeh. KnKineering, p. 142. 
blain (blan), Ji. [< ME. blane, Maun, bleyn, 
blein, < AS. Megen (= D. Mein = LG. bleien = 
Dan. Megn), perhaps, like Madder, ult. from the 
root of blawan, blow, puff: see Mow*.] 1. A 
pustule ; a blotch ; a blister. 
Botches and blains must nil his flesh emboss. 
Miltun, P. L, xli. 180. 
2. A bubble of water. 3. In farriery, a blad- 
der growing on the root of the tongue against 
the windpipe, and tending to cause suffocation. 
blaize, )>' See Mae, n. 
blakt Dlaket, . Middle English forms of Mack: 
blake (blak), . [E. dial., < ME. Make, Wok, 
the northern form corresponding to the reg. 
southern early ME. Moke, bloc, < AS. Mac (var. 
blaic, > ME. Mechc, mod. E. Meaeli 1 , adj., also 
prob. without assibilation ME. 'bleke, mod. E. 
<A-1: see bleach*, a., and bleak*) (= OS. hlfk 
= D. Meek = MLG. blek = OHG. Wei A, MHG. 
G. Meich = Icel. Meikr), shining, white, pale, < 
bliean (pret. Mac), shine, gleam: see Nut*.] 1. 
Pale ; pallid ; wan ; of a sickly hue, as the com- 
plexion ; of a pale-green or yellow hue, as vege- 
tation. 2. Yellow, as butter, cheese, etc. 3. 
Bleak; cold; bare; naked. JiaUiwcll. [North. 
KM-. ] 
blaket, <' '/ I Ml-'., hliikni. the- northern form 
corresponding to the reg. southern early ME. 
blokm, < AS. li!(ici<in. bci'ome pale, < Mac, pale: 
see Make, a.] To become pale. 
Tomoreus he blam'd <>/ inconsiderate rashness. 
Knnllen, Hist. Turks. 
2. To charge ; impute as a fault ; lay the re- 
sponsibility of: as, he blames the failure on 
you. [Colloq.] 3f. To bring reproach upon ; 
blemish; injure. 
This 111 state in which she stood ; 
To which she for his sake had weetingly 
Now brought herselfe, and blam'd her noble blood. 
Spemer, f. Q., VI. Hi. 11. 
[In such phrases as he ii to blame, to blame, by an old 
and common construction, has the passive meaning 'to 
lie blamed, blamable.' Compare a haute to let, hire, baud; 
grain ready to cut, etc. 
You were to blame, I must be plain with you. 
Shak., M. of V., v. 1. 
I was to blame to be so rash ; I am sorry. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, ill. 4. 
In writers of the Elizabethan period it was often written 
(oo blame, blame apparently being mistaken for an adjec- 
tive.]=8yn. 1. To reprove, reproach, chide, upbraid, 
reprehend. See decry. 
blame (blam), . [< ME. blame = MD. blame, 
D. blaam, < OF. Masme, P. bldme (= Pr. Masme 
= OSp. Pg. Masmo = It. biasimo), < blasmer, y., 
blame: see blame, r.] 1. An expression of dis- 
approval of something deemed to be wrong; 
imputation of a fault ; censure; reprehension. 
Let me liear the blame for ever. Gen. xliii. i. 
2. That which is deserving of censure or dis- 
approbation ; fault ; crime ; sin. 
That we should lie holy and without Name before him. 
Kph. 1. 4. 
3. Culpability; responsibility for something 
that is wrong: as, the Wawe is yours. 4f. 
Hurt; injury. 
And I the blow] glauneing downe his shield from blame htm 
fairly blest. Speiuer, V. tj., I. ii. 18. 
blameable, blameableness, blameably. See 
blamable, blamableness, blamably. 
blameful (blam'ful), a. [< blame, n., + -ful.] 
1. Meriting blame; reprehensible; faulty; 
guilty; criminal: as, "blameful thinges," Chau- 
cer, Melibeus. 
Thy mother took into her blameful bed 
Some stem untutor'd churl. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., ill. 2. 
2. Faultfinding; blaming: as, a blameful look 
or word. JtaMM, 
blamefnlly (blam'ful-i), adv. In a blameful 
manner, 
blamefulness (blam'ful-nes), H. [< blameful 
+ -ness.] The state of being blameful, 
blameless (blam'les), a. [ME. blameles ; < 
hhiine + -less.] Not meriting blame or censure ; 
without fault; undeserving of reproof; inno- 
cent; guiltless: as, "the HMtaiM Indians," 
Thomson, Memory of Lord Talbot. 
We will be biamele** of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17. 
Wearing the white flower of a lAamelea* life. 
Tennymn, Ded. of Idylls. 
= Syn. Kanltleisa.lrTeproaehal.le. unimpeachable, unsul- 
lied, spotless stall. I.-"", until. II. ished. 
blamelessly (blain'les-li), adr. Ill a blaun-l.-ss 
manner; without fault or crime ; innocently. 
