n. [ Prov. E. bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister. This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and perh. blow to puff. ] A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arsenic abounds with air blebs. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material; -- of glass or quartzite.
a. Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs;
n. [ OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee. ] (Zool.) A large bee of the genus
☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also
n. [ OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. √15. Cf. Bumblebee. ] (Zool.) The bumblebee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A tablet; a notebook. [ 1913 Webster ]
Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Tumbledung. [ 1913 Webster ]