Part 88 (1/2)

_To_ BLIZZEN, _v. a._ Drought is said to be _blizzening_, when the wind parches and withers the fruits of the earth, S. B.

Su. G. _blas-a_, Germ. _blas-en_, A. S. _blaes-an_, to blow.

BLOB, BLAB, _s._ Any thing tumid or circular, S.

1. A small globe or bubble of any liquid.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

2. A blister, or that rising of the skin which is the effect of a blister or of a stroke, S.

_Gl. Complaynt._

3. A large gooseberry; so called from its globular form, or from the softness of its skin, S.

4. A blot, a spot; as ”a _blab_ of ink,” S. denominated perhaps from its circular form.

Radically the same word with _Bleib_, q. v.

BLOBBIT, _part. pa._ Blotted, blurred.

V. ~Blob~.

_Acts Ja. I._

_To_ BLOCK, _v. a._ To plan, to devise.

_Baillie._

Teut. _block-en_, a.s.siduum esse in studiis, in opere, in ergastulo; a sense evidently borrowed from a workman, who _blocks_ out his work roughly, before he begins to give it a proper form.

BLOIK, BLOK, BLOCK, _s._

1. A scheme, a contrivance; generally used in a bad sense.

_Douglas._

2. A bargain, an agreement.

_Acts Ja. VI._

BLOCKER, _s._ A term formerly used in S. to denote a broker; q. one who plans and accomplishes a bargain.

_Minsheu._