n. [ OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl&aemacr_;dre, bl&aemacr_;ddre; akin to Icel. blaðra, SW. bläddra, Dan. blære, D. blaar, OHG. blātara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. blāwan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Bladder nut,
Bladder tree
Bladder pod (Bot.),
Bladdor senna (Bot.),
Bladder worm (Zool.),
Bladder wrack (Bot.),
v. t.
adj. similar to a bladder.
n. a medium-sized blackish-gray seal (Cystophora cristata) with a large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic-Atlantic waters.
n.
n. (Bot.) A genus (
n.
a. Having bladders; also, resembling a bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To furnish with a blade. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. blade, blad, AS. blæd leaf; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. blað, OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr.
The crimson dulse . . . with its waving blade. Percival. [ 1913 Webster ]
First the blade, then ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Mark iv. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
He saw a turnkey in a trice
Fetter a troublesome blade. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
“Lower blade” implies, of course, the lower instead of the upper surface of the tongue. H. Sweet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]