B L E 
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed, to-day ; 
Had he thy reafon, would lie (kip and play ? Pope. 
To lofe blood medicinally ; as, He bled for a fever. To 
drop, as blood. It is applied to any thing that drops from 
fome body or incifion, as blood from an animal: 
For me the balm (hall bleed, and amber flow, 
The coral redden, and the ruby glow. Pope. 
To BLEED, v. a. To let blood ; to take blood from: 
That from a patriot of diftinguifh’d note. 
Have bled and purg’d me to a Ample vote. Pope. 
BLEE'DA, a town of Africa, in the country of Algiers. 
BLEED'ING at the Nose, fee Medicine. As a 
chirurgical operation, fee Surgery. 
BLEEDING of a Corpse, is a phenomenon faid to 
have frequently happened in the bodies of perfons mur¬ 
dered, which, on the touch, or even the approach, of the 
murderer, began to bleed at the no.fe, ears, and other parts; 
fo as formerly to be admitted in England, and dill al¬ 
lowed in fome other parts, as a fort of deteftion of the 
criminal, and proof of the fa6L Numerous inftances of 
thefe pofthumous hsemorrhagies are given by writers. But 
this kind of evidence ought to be of fmall weight: for it 
is to be obferved, that this bleeding does not ordinarily 
happen, even in the prefence of the murderer; yet fome- 
times in that even of the neared friends, or perfons mod 
innocent; and fometimes without the prefence of any, 
either friend or foe. In effedt, where is the impoflibility 
that a body, efpecially if full of blood, upon the approach 
of external heat, having been confiderably dirred or 
moved, and a putrefadfion coming on, fome of the blood- 
veflels (hould burft, as it is certain they all will in time ? 
BLEl'CHERODE, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Upper Saxony, and lorddiip of Lora : it is a fmall 
town, but populous and commercial: ten miles fouth-wed 
of Norhaufen, and twenty north of Muhlhaufen. 
BLEl'DENSTADT, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of the Upper Rhine, and principality of Nallau Saarbruck 
Ufingen : nine miles north-north-wed of Mentz. 
BLEI'STEIN, or Plestain, a town of Germany, in 
the circle of Bavaria, and principality of Newburg, with 
a lorddiip annexed, a fief of the kingdom of Bohemia : 
twenty-two-miles ead-north-ead of Amberg. 
BLE'KEDE, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Lower Saxony, and principality of Luneburg, on the 
Elbe : twenty miles ead-north-ead of Luneburg. 
BLEK'INGEN, a didrift of Sweden, bounded on the 
north by Smaland, on the ead and fouth by the Baltic, and 
on the wed by Scania, about thirty leagues in length, and 
feven in breadth ; the country is mountainous, but one of 
the mod agreeable in the kingdom. The principal trade 
is in pot-afli, pitch, tar, tallow, hides, timber, Sec. 
BLEIT, or Blate, adj. Bafliful. Itisufed in Scotland, 
and the bordering counties. 
To BLE'MISH, v. a. [from blame, Junius ; from bleme, 
white, Fr. Skinner.] To mark with any deformity.— 
Likelier that my outward face might have been difguifed, 
than that the face of fo excellent a mind could have been 
thus blemijhed. Sydney. —To defame ; to tarnifli, with re- 
fpedt to reputation.—Thofe, who, by concerted defama¬ 
tions, endeavour to blemijh his character, incur the com¬ 
plicated guilt of (lander and perjury. Addifon. 
BLE'MISH, f. A mark of deformity ; a fear ; a dimi¬ 
nution of beauty—As he hath caufed a blemijh in a man, 
fo fliall it be done to him again. Leviticus. —Reproach ; 
difgrace ; imputation.—And if we (hall negledt to propa¬ 
gate thefe blefied difpofitions, what others can undertake 
it, without fome blemijh to us, fome reflection on our neg¬ 
ligence ? Spratt. —A foil; turpitude; taint; deformity. 
—Is conformity with Rome a blemijh unto the church of 
England, and unto churches abroad an ornament ? Hooker. 
BLE'MYES, or Blemmyes, a fabulous people of E- 
thiopia, faid to have had no heads ; theireyes, mouth, &c. 
being fituated in their breads. See Acephalous. 
Vol. III. No. 119. 
To BLENCH, v. n. To (brink; to dart back,' to give 
way : not ijcd : 
I’ll obferve his looks ; 
I’ll tent him to the quick; if he but blench, 
1 know my cotirfe. Shakefpeart. 
To BLENCH, v. a. To hinder; to obftruft: notufed .— 
The rebels befieged them, winning the even ground on 
the top, by carrying up great truffes of hay before thenv 
to blench the defendant’s fight, and dead their (hot. Careza. 
To BLEND, v. a. preter. I blended', anciently, blent. 
[blendan, Sax.] To mingle together : 
The grave, where even the great find reft. 
And blended lie til’ oppreffor and th’ opprefs’d. Pope. 
To confound.—The moon (hould wander from her beaten 
wtiy, the times and feaftms of the year blend themfelves by 
difordered and confuted mixture. Hooker. —To pollute; 
to fpoil; to corrupt. This fignification was anciently 
much in ufe, but is now wholly obfolete : 
Regard of worldly muck doth foully blend. 
And low abafe the high heroic fpirit. Fairy Queen. 
BLENDE, f. an ore of zinc, likewife known by the 
name of mock lead, falfe galena, ox black-jack. There are 
feveral varieties of this ore. In general, they contain 
about half their weight of zinc, about one fourth of ftrl- 
phur, and the reft iron, copper, lead, and fome earth in 
varied proportions. 
BLEND'ER, f. The perfon that mingles. 
BLEND-WATER, f. called alfo morehough, a diftem- 
per incident to black cattle, comes either from the blood, 
from the yellows, or from the change of ground. In order 
to cure it, take bole ammoniac, and as much charcoal duft 
as will fill an egg-(hell, a good quantity of the inner bark 
of an oak, dried and pounded together to a powder, and 
give it to the bead in a quart of new milk and a pint of 
earning. 
BLENEAU', a town of France, in the department of 
the Yonne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 
St. Fargeau, containing about 1 zoo fouls: two leagues 
north-weft of St. Fargeau. 
BLEN'HEIM, a village of Germany, in the circle of 
Bavaria, and principality of Neuburg, celebrated for a 
vidfory obtained there by the Englifh and their allies over 
the French and Bavarians on the 13th of Auguft, 1704. 
The French and Bavarians amounted to about 60,000 men. 
Marechal Tallard commanded on the right, and ported 
feven and twenty battalions, with twelve fquadrons, in 
the village of Blenheim, fuppofing that there the allies 
would make their chief effort; their left was conducted 
by the elector of Bavaria, alTifted by Marfin, a French ge¬ 
neral of experience and capacity. The number of Englifh 
and their allies did not exceed 55,000 ; their right was 
under the diredtion of prince Eugene, and their left com¬ 
manded by the duke of Marlborough. Tallard was fur- 
rOunded and taken prifoner, together with the marquis de 
Montperoux, general of horfe; the major generals de Sep- 
peville, de Silly, de la Valiere, and many other officers of 
diftinction. This was one of the moft glorious and com¬ 
plete victories that ever was obtained. Ten thoufand 
French and Bavarians were left dead on the field of battle; 
the greater part of thirty fquadrons of horfe and dragoons 
peridied in the river Danube; 13,000 were made prifon- 
ers, 100 pieces of cannon were taken, with twenty-four 
mortars, 129 colours, 171 ftandards, feventeen pair of 
kettle-drums, 3600 tents, four and thirty coaches, 300 
laden mules, two bridges of boats, fifteen pontoons, fif¬ 
teen barrels and eight calks filled with (ilver. Of the 
allies, about 4500 men were killed, and about 8000 wound¬ 
ed or taken. Two miles north-eaft of Hochftett, and eight 
fouth-weft of Donauwert. 
BLEN'HEIM-HOUSE, a noble and princely palace, 
erefted for the duke of Marlborough at Woodftock, near 
Oxford, which, with the manor of Woodftock, was fettled 
on the duke and his heirs, in confideration of the eminent 
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