adj. lacking a bib.
‖n. [ D., fr. bles a white spot on the forehead + bok buck. ] (Zool.) A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. 1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R. V. ) [ 1913 Webster ]
Bless them which persecute you. Rom. xii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. Luke ix. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Ps. ciii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
The nations shall bless themselves in him. Jer. iv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
And burning blades about their heads do bless. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson, Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it. “In drawing [ their bow ] some fetch such a compass as though they would turn about and bless all the field.” Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bless me!
Bless us!
To bless from,
To bless with,
To be blessed with
a.
O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode,
And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
All generations shall call me blessed. Luke i. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]
Towards England's blessed shore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Reverenced like a blessed saint. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cast out from God and blessed vision. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not a blessed man came to set her [ a boat ] free. R. D. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Happily; fortunately; joyfully. [ 1913 Webster ]
We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God. [ 1913 Webster ]
The assurance of a future blessedness. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Single blessedness,
See under Thistle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. bletsung. See Bless, v. t. ]
This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Blessed. “This patriarch blest.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without a comb or crest;
n. The office or functions of a constable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The wife of a constable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no cubs. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no curb or restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ LL. (res) fungibiles, probably fr. L. fungi to discharge. “A barbarous term, supposed to have originated in the use of the words functionem recipere in the Digeste.” Bouvier. “Called fungibiles, quia una alterius vice fungitur.” John Taylor (1755). Cf. Function. ]
a. Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ See Nombles. ] Entrails of a deer.
n. [ OF. ] Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. Breeches; trousers; ; underwear generally, especially women's; -- now usually referred to as
a. Destitute of limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A children's game played with marbles{ 3 }, little balls made of a hard substance (as glass). [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. pl. See Moebles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. See Moebles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ OE., fr. OF. moeble, mueble, movable, from L. mobilis. ] Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (
n. Nimbleness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin. Cf. Numbles, Umbles, Humbles. ] The entrails of a deer; the umbles.
n. pl. See Nombles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. money that a person or organization expects and is obligated to pay on notes and accounts. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. “Chains of pebblestone.” Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no ribs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Rubble, 1 and 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. having no shrubs. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A holder of a sublease. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Without a thumb. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of a tomb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. [ 1913 Webster ]
This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]
These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. pl. [ See Nombles. ] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general.
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bless. ] To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unblessed. [ R. ] Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. The breeches; trousers. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]