BPage 185
- English Word Bloody sweat Definition A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.
- English Word Bloody-minded Definition Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty.
- English Word Bloodybones Definition A terrible bugbear.
- English Word Bloodying Definition of Bloody
- English Word Bloom Definition A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
- English Word Bloom Definition The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
- English Word Bloom Definition A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.
- English Word Bloom Definition The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.
- English Word Bloom Definition The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- English Word Bloom Definition A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
- English Word Bloom Definition A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
- English Word Bloom Definition To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
- English Word Bloom Definition To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.
- English Word Bloom Definition To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- English Word Bloom Definition To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
- English Word Bloom Definition A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.
- English Word Bloom Definition A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
- English Word Bloomary Definition See Bloomery.
- English Word Bloomed Definition of Bloom
- English Word Bloomer Definition A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.
- English Word Bloomer Definition A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
- English Word Bloomery Definition A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.
- English Word Blooming Definition of Bloom
- English Word Blooming Definition The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
- English Word Blooming Definition Opening in blossoms; flowering.
- English Word Blooming Definition Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
- English Word Bloomingly Definition In a blooming manner.
- English Word Bloomingness Definition A blooming condition.
- English Word Bloomless Definition Without bloom or flowers.
- English Word Bloomy Definition Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray.