bloom 
2. The state of blossoming; the opening of 
flowers in general; flowers col ]rr lively : M.S. the 
plant is in bluom, or covered with lilnnm. 
Anrirni pr;ir tivr* tlmt with spriiiK-tinie hurst 
Into surh breadth of htmim. 
Hi IK, nl, Amnim Hi'' 'I'm .. 
3. A state of he-all li ;uid growth promising 
higher perl'rctioii; a, nourishing condition; a 
palmy lime: as, the hlmiiii of youth. 
He look d, iinil MIW n iTfiitinv heavenly fair, 
III Miami lit MtUtll, and "f il elinnilillg air. 
Dtyd r, \N iteof Hath, 1. 531. 
Ill (Mil' Silil Wol'M'.s I'r.^t /'/"",,/. Ti'ltnilHinl, Tile lllnok. 
4. The rosy line on the cheek indicative of 
youth and health; a glow; a flush. 
And such a lovely blimni, 
l>isd:iinliu: nil adulterated aids of art, 
Kept 11 pri-prtiiiil spring upon liri face. 
Matniiujer, I'nnatural I'oinhat, II. 3. 
5. A name sometimes given to minerals having 
a bright color : as, the rose-red cobalt bloom, or 
erythrite, etc. 6. A powdery deposit or coat- 
ing of various kinds, (a) The delicate, powdery, 
waxy coating U|HHI certain fruits, as grapes, plums, etc., 
and leaves, as of the cabbage. 
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on 
fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate han- 
dling. Thoreau, \Valden, p. 9. 
(ii) The powdery appearance on coins, medals, and the 
like, when newly struck, (f) In paintiiiit, a cloudy ap- 
pearance on the surface or varnish, (d) The yellowish 
fawn-colored deposit from the tanning-liquor on the sur- 
face of leather, and penetrating it to a slight depth. 
In tanning it (rock chestnut-oak bark] is used unmixed, 
and gives a beautiful bloom. C. T. Davis, Leather, p. 119. 
7. A fine variety of raisin. 
These raisins [dried on the vines] are muscatels or 
bloom*. Ure, Diet., III. 692. 
bloom 1 (blom), v. [< ME. Women (= MLG. 
blomen = Norw. bloma, blown), bloom ; from the 
noun.] I. tntrnns. 1. To produce or yield blos- 
soms ; flower, literally or figuratively. 
Tin first time a tree bloometh. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
The Lotos bloom* below the barren peak. 
Tennyson, Choric Song, vili. 
2. To glow with a warm color. 3. To be in a 
state of healthful beauty and vigor ; show the 
beauty of youth ; flourish; glow. 
Hearts are warm'd and faces bloom. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Epll. 
A better country blootns to view, 
Beneath a brighter sky. Logan, A Tale. 
II. trans. 1. To put forth, as blossoms. 
Behold, the rod of Aaron . . . bloomed blossoms, and 
yielded almonds. Num. xvii. 8. 
2. To impart a bloom to ; invest with luster or 
beauty. 
Rites and customs, now superstitious, when . . . chari- 
table affection bloomed them, no man could justly have 
condemned as evil. Hooker, Eccles. Pol. 
bloom 2 (blom), n. [Not found in ME., but in 
late AS. ; < AS. bloma, a bloom of metal (glossed 
massa or metallum ; cf . bloma oththe ddh, ' bloom 
or dough' (of metal): incites bloma, a bloom of 
iron ; gold-nldma, lit. 'gold-bloom,' applied once 
(as elsewhere gold-hard, 'gold-hoard,' 'trea- 
sure') figuratively to Christ as incarnated); 
not found in other languages in this sense, 
and prob. a particular use of "bloma, a flower, 
which is not found in AS. in that sense : see 
bloom 1 . The reference may have been to the 
glowing mass of metal as taken from the fur- 
nace: but this sense as recorded is only re- 
cent.] A roughly prepared mass of iron, nearly 
square in section, and short in proportion to 
its thickness, intended to be drawn out under 
the hammer or between the rolls into bars. 
Some blooms are made directly from the ore In blooni- 
eries. but most of them by shingling the puddled balls 
from the pmldliiitf-furnttce. See bloomery, blooming-mill, 
,fin->j'-, iind puddle, v. 
bloomary, . See bloomery. 
bloomed (blomd), a. Covered with blooms or 
blossoms. 
bloomer 1 (blo'mer), . [< blooml, f., + -er l .~\ 
A plant which blooms. 
This "Illy" of Scripture \Xiimphaa lotus] was a prolific 
bloomer. X. aiul Q., 7th ser., III. 25. 
bloomer 2 (blo'mer), a. and n. [After Mrs. 
Bloomer : see def.] I. a. Having the charac- 
ter of the style of female dress introduced by 
Mrs. Bloomer of New York in 1849-50: as, a 
bloomer costume; a bloome r hat. 
II. M. 1. A dress or costume for women, 
595 
dressed in bloomfrs. 4. A woman who assumes 
such a dress. 
bloomerism (blo'mer-i/.m), H. [< blomufr- + 
ixni. ] The wearing or adoption of a dress sim- 
ilar to that recommended by Mrs. Bloomer. 
Hee bloomer^, n., 1. 
bloomer-pit (blB'mer-pit), n. A tan-pit in which 
hides are placed to be acted upon by strong 
ooze, a process which produces a bloom upon 
the skin. 
bloomery (blo'mer-i), H. ; pi. bloomeries (-iz). 
[Less prop, bloomary, blomary, early mod. E. 
bloiitfirie; <. bloom't + -ery.] An establishment 
in which wrought-iron is made by the direct 
process, that is, from the ore directly, or with- 
out having been first produced in the form of 
cast-iron. The direct process was the original one by 
which wrought-iron was made wherever that metal wits 
employed, and Is still in use among nations where modern 
metallurgical methods are not yet introduced, especially 
in Burma, Borneo, and Africa; it Is also employed, though 
to a very limited extent, in Europe and In the I" nited States, 
especially In the Chaniplain district of New York. The 
iron made in bloomeries is obtained in the form of blooms 
(sec t,liHiui~), Also called block-furnace. 
bloom-hook (blom'huk), n. A tool for han- 
dling metal blooms. Also called bloom-tongs. 
blooming 1 (blS'ming), n. [Verbal n. of bloom 1 , 
p.] 1. A clouded or smoked appearance on the 
surface of varnish ; bloom. 2. In dyeing, the 
addition of an agent, usually stannous chlorid, 
to the dye-bath, toward the end of the operation, 
for the purpose of rendering the color lighter 
and brighter. Also called brightening. 
blooming 1 (blo'ming), ^>. a. [Ppr. of bloom 1 , r.] 
1. Blossoming; flowering; showing blooms. 
And, ere one flowery season fades and dies, 
Designs the Mourning wonders of the next. 
Covrper, Task, vl. 197. 
Now May with life and music 
The blooming valley fills. 
Bryant, The Serenade. 
2. Glowing as with youthful vigor; showing 
the freshness and beauty of youth. 
The lovely Thais, by his side, 
Sate like a blooming Eastern bride. 
Dryifen, Alexander's Feast, 1. 10. 
3. Flourishing; showing high or the highest 
perfection or prosperity. 
The modern [aral>e&que] rose again In the blooming 
period of modern art. Fairholt, Diet, of Art, p. 87. 
4. Great ; full-blown ; ' blessed,' ' blamed,' 
'darned,' etc.: as, he talked like a blooming 
idiot. [Slang.] 
blooming 2 (blo'ming), H. [< bloom? + -in;/ 1 .] 
In metal., same as shingling. 
bloomingly (bl6'ming-li), adr. In a blooming 
manner. 
blooming-mill (blo'ming -mil), n. A mill in 
which puddled balls of iron are squeezed, roll- 
ed, or nammered into blooms or rough bars, 
and thus prepared for further treatment in the 
rolling-mul proper. 
bloomingness (blo'ming-nes), M. The state of 
being blooming; a blooming condition. 
blooming-sally (blB'ming-sal'i), n. The wil- 
low-herb, Epifobiitm angustifolium. 
bloomless (blo'm'les), a. [< blooml + -less; = 
Norw. blomlaus.] Having no bloom or blossom. 
bloom-tongs (blSm'tdngz), n. pi. Same as 
bloom-hook. 
bloomy (blb"mi), a. [= D. bloemig = G. blumig 
= Sw. blommig; < bloom 1 + -y 1 .] 1. Full of 
bloom or blossoms ; flowery. 
We wandered up the bloomy land, 
To talk with shepherds on the lea. 
Bryant, Day-Dream. 
2. Having a bloom, or delicate powdery ap- 
pearance, as fresh fruit. 
What though for him no Hyhla sweets distill, 
Nor bloomy vines wave purple on the hill? Campbtll. 
3. Having freshness or vigor as of youth. 
What if, In both, life's bloomy flush was lost, 
And their full autumn felt the mellowing frost? 
Crabbe, Works, I. 89. 
blooth (bloth), n. An English dialectal varia- 
tion Of lili in- 1 1,. 
blore 1 (blor), r. t. ; pret. and pp. blared, ppr. 
blaring. [< ME. bloren, weep, a var. of blaren, 
blare: see Stare 1 .] To cry; cry out; weep; 
bray : bellow. [Prov. Eng.] 
blore 2 t (blor), n. [Prob. a var. of blare 1 (after 
Wore 1 ), affected by 6/oifi.] The act of blow- 
ing; a roaring wind; a blast. 
Like nule and raging waves roused with the fervent blore 
Of th' east and south winds. Chapman, Iliad, ii. 122. 
blot 
blossom (blos'um), n. [Early mod. E. 
bloKxiim, < MK. liliixxiinii , Miixxiim, usually bloxmi; 
earlier hlnslim . < AS. blnxtiim. lili^ilimn . some- 
times contr. blosma (once Maxim, (.'hissed by L. 
flos, appar. an error for bluxnui), weak mafic., 
lilitxtni, strong masc., flower, blossom (=OD. 
bloxem, 1). hloixiiii Ml.ii. bin.-.! HI. lilnxxi HI), a 
blossom, flower, with suffixes -st + -ma, < / 'bid, 
in AS. blowan, blow, bloom (see bloic 2 ) ; Ings 
prob. < "bids- (= L. florere, "Jlosere), extended 
stem of blowan, blow. The first suffix ap- 
pears in MHG. bluont, a blossom, the second 
in ME. blome, E. bloom' 1 , etc., and both, trans- 
posed, in Icel. blomstr = Sw. blomxli r = Dan. 
li!,, nix', a flower; cf. "L.flos (Jlor-), a flower: 
gee blow 1 * and flower. ~\ 1. The flower of a 
plant, usually more or less conspicuous from 
the colored leaflets which form it and which 
are generally of more delicate texture than the 
leaves of the plant. It Is a general term, applicable 
to the essential organs of reproduction, with their appen- 
dages, of every species of tree or plant. 
2. The state of flowering or bearing flowers ; 
bloom: as, the apple-tree is in blossom. 3. 
Any person, thing, state, or condition likened 
to a blossom or to the bloom of a plant. 
And there died, 
My Icarus, my UoMvm, in his pride. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., Iv. 7. 
This heiuity in the blossom of my youth . . . 
I sued and served. 
Fletcher and Maxxiiigfr, Very Woman, iv. 8. 
4. A color consisting of a white ground 
mingled evenly with sorrel and bay, occurring 
in the coats of some horses. 5. The outcrop of 
a coal-seam, usually consisting of decomposed 
shale mixed with coaly matter; also, some- 
times, the appearance about the outcrop of any 
mineral lode in which oxidizable ores occur. 
Tfl nip In the blossom. See m';>. 
blossom (blos'um), r. i. (X ME. blossomen, bios- 
men, < A8. blostmian (= D. bloesemen), < blost- 
ma, blossom: see blossom, n.~\ To put forth 
blossoms or flowers ; bloom ; blow ; flower : 
often used figuratively. 
Fruits that Uoisorn first will first be ripe. 
SAot., Othello, II. S. 
They make the dark and dreary hours 
Open and blossom into flowers ! 
Ijontjfellow, Golden Legend, I. 
blossomed (blos'umd), a. Covered with blos- 
soms ; in bloom. 
Blosmmed furze, unprofttably gay. 
Guliiiiiii/ti, Ik s. VII. 
Not Ariel lived more merrily 
Tnder the btossom'd bough, than we. 
Scott, Marmion, iv., Int. 
blossomless (blos'um-les), a. [< blossom + 
-less.] Without blossoms. 
blossom-pecker (blos'um-pek'er), n. A book- 
name of sundry small pariue birds of Africa, of 
the restricted genus An thoscopus : as, the dwarf 
blossom-pecker, A. minutus. 
blossom-rifler (blps'um-ri'fler), n. A name of 
species of sun-birds or honey-suckers of the 
genus Cinnyrin, as r. auxtralix of Australia. 
blossomy (blos'um-i), a. [ME. blossemy, blos- 
my; < blossom + -y 1 .] Full of or covered with 
blossoms. 
A Uotsemy tre is neither drye ne deed. 
Chaitctr, Merchant's Tale, I. 219. 
The flavor and picturesque detail of Shakespeare's W<x- 
*<nnii descriptions. Stedman, Viet. I'oets, p. 106. 
blot 1 (blot), n. [< ME. blot, Matte, a blot ; ori- 
gin unknown. By gome connected with Icel. 
blettr, blot, spot, spot of ground, Dan. plet, a 
blot, speck, stain, spot, plette, v., speck, spot, 
Sw. plotter, a gcrawl, plottra, scribble; but 
these forms have appar. no phonetic relation 
to the E.] 1. A spot or stain, as of ink on 
paper; a blur; a disfiguring stain or mark: as, 
"one universal blot," Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1143. 
2. A scoring out; an erasure or oblitera- 
tion, as in a writing. 3. A spot upon charac- 
ter or reputation ; a moral stain ; a disgrace ; a 
reproach ; a blemish. 
A lie Is a foul blot in a man. Ecclus. xx 24. 
If there has been a blul in my family for these ten gen- 
erations, it hath been discovered by some or other of my 
correspondenU. Steelr, Tatler, Xo. 164. 
4. Imputed disgrace or stain ; defamation : as, 
to east a blot upon one'g character. 
He that rebuketh a wicked nun getteth himself a blot. 
Pror. U. 7. 
the distinctive features of which are a short 
skirt, loose trousers buttoned round the ankle, blosmet, n. and r. A Middle English form of blot 1 (blot), _i\_; pret. and pp. blotted, ppr. fttof- 
and a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat. Spe- 
cifically 2. A bloomer hat. 3. pi. The arti- 
cles composing a bloomer costume : as, to be 
blosmyt, a. A Middle English form of blos- 
somy. 
ting. [< ME. ololteti; from the noun.] I. 
trails. I. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with 
ink, mud, or any discoloring matter. 
