Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BLUB'BER, n. [See Blobber, Blob, and Bleb.]

1. A blobber, or bubble; a common vulgar word, but legitimate.
2. The fat of whales and other large sea animals, of which is made train-oil. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
3. Sea nettle, or sea blubber, the medusa. – Encyc.

BLUB'BER, v.i.

To weep in such a manner as to swell the cheeks. – Johnson. If I mistake not, this word carries with it the idea of weeping, so as to slaver.

BLUB'BER, v.t.

To swell the checks or disfigure the face with weeping.

BLUB'BER-ED, pp.

Swelled; big; turgid; as, a blubbered lip.

BLUB'BER-ING, ppr.

Weeping so as to swell the cheeks.

BLUD'GEON, n. [Goth. blyggwan, to strike.]

A short stick, with one end loaded or thicker and heavier than the other, and used as an offensive weapon by low persons.

BLUE, a. [blu. Sax. bleo, bleoh, bleow, color; D. blaauw; Ger. blau; Dan. blaae; Sw. blå, blue; Sw. bly, Dan. blye, Ger. blei, lead, so named from its color; Slav. plavu; Fr. bleu; Corn. blou.]

One of the seven colors, into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism. There are various shades of blue, as sky-blue, or azure, Prussian blue, indigo blue, small blue, &c. – Kirwan. Encyc. Prussian blue, a combination of the oxyd of iron with an acid called ferro-prussic. – Ure.

BLUE, v.t.

To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, &c.

BLUE'BIRD, n. [blue and bird.]

A small bird, a species of Motacilla, very common in the United States. The upper part of the body is blue, and the throat and breast of a dirty red. It makes its nest in the hole of a tree.

BLUE-BON'NET, n. [blue and bonnet.]

A plant, a species of Centaurea. – Fam. of Plants.

BLUE'-BOOK, n.

A book containing the names of all the persons in the employment of the U. S. government.

BLUE-BOT'TLE, n. [blue and bottle.]

1. A plant, a species of Centaurea, called Cyanus, which grows among corn. This and the former plant receive their names from their blue funnel-shaped flowers.
2. A fly with a large blue belly. – Johnson.

BLUE'CAP, n. [blue and cap.]

A fish of the salmon kind, with blue spots on its head. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.

BLUE'EY-ED, a.

Having blue eyes. – Dryden.

BLUE'FISH, n. [blue and fish.]

A fish, a species of Coryphæna, of the order of Thoracics, found about the Bahamas, and on the coast of Cuba. – Encyc.

BLUE'HAIR-ED, a.

Having hair of a blue color. – Milton.

BLUE'JOHN, n.

Among miners, fluor spar, a mineral, found in the mines of Derbyshire, and fabricated into vases and other ornamental figures. – Encyc.

BLUE'LY, adv.

With a blue color. – Swift.

BLUE'NESS, a.

The quality of being blue; a blue color. – Boyle.

BLUE'PE-TER, n.

The signal for sailing.

BLUE'THROAT, n. [blue and throat.]

A bird with a tawny breast, marked with a sky-blue crescent, inhabiting the northern parts of Europe and Asia.

BLUE'VEIN-ED, a.

Having blue veins or streaks. – Shak.

BLUE'Y, a.

Somewhat blue.

BLUFF, a. [Perhaps allied to W. llwf, Eng. leap, from shooting forward.]

Big; surly; blustering. – Dryden.

BLUFF, n.

A high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea; a high bank presenting a steep front. – Belknap. Mar. Dict.