Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 51
Blanch (v. t.) (Confectionery & Cookery) 使變白；漂白； 使變蒼白；使（植物）不見陽光而變白 To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.
Blanch (v. t.) To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
Blanch (v. t.) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
Blanch (v. t.) Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate.
Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. -- Tillotson.
Syn: To Blanch, Whiten.
Usage: To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually (though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the surface of the object in question. To blanch is to whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e., by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
Blanch (v. i.) To use evasion. [Obs.]
Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. -- Bacon.
Blanch (n.) (Mining) Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
Blanch (v. i.) 變白；變蒼白 [（+with）] To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.
[Bones] blanching on the grass. -- Tennyson.
Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. [Obs.]
Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and blanch his danger. -- Bacon.
I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way. -- Reliq. Wot.
Blanch (v. t.) To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
Blanch (v.) Turn pale, as if in fear [syn: pale, blanch, blench].
Blanch (v.) Cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them" [syn: blanch, parboil].
Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.
Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside. [Obs.]
And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her. -- Sir P. Sidney.
And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel. -- Latimer.
Blanch holding () (Scots Law) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.
Blanchimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. -- Ure.
Blancmange (n.) (Cookery) 牛奶凍 A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.
Blancmange (n.) Sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded.
Blancmanger (n.) A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bland (a.) Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant. "Exhilarating vapor bland." -- Milton.
Bland (a.) Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
Bland (a.) Lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid].
Bland (a.) Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat].
Bland (a.) Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic, smooth, suave, bland].
Bland -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 6871
Housing Units (2000): 3161
Land area (2000): 358.668496 sq. miles (928.947101 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.063072 sq. miles (0.163357 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 358.731568 sq. miles (929.110458 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.132329 N, 81.126500 W
Headwords:
Bland
Bland, VA
Bland County
Bland County, VA
Bland, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 565
Housing Units (2000): 299
Land area (2000): 0.641615 sq. miles (1.661774 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.641615 sq. miles (1.661774 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06256
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.302510 N, 91.634232 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65014
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bland, MO
Bland
Blandation (n.) Flattery. [Obs.]
Blandiloquence (n.) Mild, flattering speech.
Blandiloquous (a.) Alt. of Blandiloquious
Blandiloquious (a.) Fair-spoken; flattering.
Blandise (v. i.) To blandish any one. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Blandished (imp. & p. p.) of Blandish.
Blandishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blandish.
Blandish (v. t.) 勸誘；奉承，逢迎 To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.
Blandish (v. t.) To make agreeable and enticing.
Mustering all her wiles, With blandished parleys. -- Milton.
Blandish (v.) Praise somewhat dishonestly [syn: {flatter}, {blandish}] [ant: {belittle}, {disparage}, {pick at}]
Blandisher (n.) One who uses blandishments.
Blandishment (n.) 勸誘；奉承 The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.
Cowering low with blandishment. -- Milton.
Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. -- Macaulay.
Blandishment (n.) Flattery intended to persuade [syn: {blandishment}, {cajolery}, {palaver}].
Blandishment (n.) The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery [syn: {blandishment}, {wheedling}].
Blandly (adv.) In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
Blandly (adv.) In a bland manner; "his blandly incompetent attempts".
Blandness (n.) The state or quality of being bland.
Blandness (n.) The trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern; "the blandness of his confession enraged the judge".
Blandness (n.) Lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property [syn: blandness, insipidity, insipidness].
Blandness (n.) The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner [syn: suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness].
Blank (a.) 空白的；空的，無內容的；無表情的，茫然的； 無變化的，單調的；（詩）無韻的；十足的，完全的 Of a white or pale color; without color.
To the blank moon Her office they prescribed. -- Milton.
Blank (a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.
Blank (a.) Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. -- Milton.
Blank (a.) Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
Blank (a.) Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant. "Blank and horror-stricken faces." -- C. Kingsley.
The blank . . . glance of a half returned consciousness. -- G. Eliot.
Blank (a.) Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
Blank bar (Law), A plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in an action of trespass to assign the certain place where the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar.
Blank cartridge, A cartridge containing no ball.
Blank deed. See Deed.
Blank door, or Blank window (Arch.), A depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
Blank indorsement (Law), An indorsement which omits the name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on the back of the bill.
Blank line (Print.), A vacant space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.
Blank tire (Mech.), A tire without a flange.
Blank tooling. See Blind tooling, under Blind.
Blank verse. See under Verse.
Blank wall, A wall in which there is no opening; a dead wall.
Blank (n.) [C] 空白，空白處；空白表格； 空虛；（無彈頭的）空彈；（表示省略的）破折號 Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you. -- Swift.
From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation. -- Hallam.
I was ill. I can't tell how long -- it was a blank. -- G. Eliot.
Blank (n.) A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
In Fortune's lottery lies A heap of blanks, like this, for one small prize. -- Dryden.
Blank (n.) A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form.
The freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank. -- Palfrey.
Blank (n.) A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.
Blank (n.) The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
Let me still remain The true blank of thine eye. -- Shak.
Blank (n.) Aim; shot; range. [Obs.]
I have stood . . . within the blank of his displeasure For my free speech. -- Shak.
Blank (n.) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence. -- Nares.
Blank (n.) (Mech.) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
Blank (n.) (Dominoes) A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."
In blank, With an essential portion to be supplied by another; as, to make out a check in blank.
Blanked (imp. & p. p.) of Blank.
Blanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blank.
Blank (v. t.) 使模糊 [（+out）]； 刪去 [（+out）]；封鎖 [（+off/ up）] To make void; to annul. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Blank (v. t.) To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse. [Obs.]
Each opposite that blanks the face of joy. -- Shak.
Blank (a.) (Of a surface) Not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank, clean, white].
Blank (a.) Void of expression; "a blank stare" [syn: blank, vacuous].
Blank (a.) Not charged with a bullet; "a blank cartridge".
Blank (n.) A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most
important character in the alphabet" [syn: space, blank].
Blank (n.) A blank gap or missing part [syn: lacuna, blank].
Blank (n.) A piece of material ready to be made into something.
Blank (n.) A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet [syn: blank, dummy, blank shell].
Blank (v.) Keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning.
Blank, () A space left in writing to be filled, up with one or more words, in order to make sense. 1. In what cases the ambiguity occasioned by blanks not filled before execution of the writing may be explained 2. in what cases it cannot be explained.
Blank, () When a blank is left in a written agreement which need not -have been reduced to writing, and would have been equally binding whether written or unwritten, it is presumed, in an action for the non-performance of the contract, parol evidence might be admitted to explain the blank. And where a written instrument, which was made professedly to record a fact, is produced as evidence of that fact which it purports to record, and a blank appears in a material part, the omission may be supplied by other proof. 1 Phil. Ev. 475 1 Wils. 215; 7 Verm. R. 522; 6 Verm. R. 411. Hence a blank left in an award for a name, was allowed to be supplied by parol proof. 2 Dall. 180. But where a creditor signs a deed of composition leaving the amount of his debt in blank, he binds himself to all existing debts. 1 B. & A. 101; S. C. 2 Stark. R. 195.
Blank, () If a blank is left in a policy of insurance for the name of the place of destination of a ship, it will avoid the policy. Molloy, b. 2, c. 7, s. 14; Park, Ins. 22; Wesk. Ins. 42. A paper signed and sealed in blank, with verbal authority to. fill it up, which is afterwards done, is void, unless afterwards delivered or acknowledged and adopted. 1 Yerg. 69, 149; 1 Hill, 267 2 N. & M. 125; 2 Brock. 64; 2 Dev. 379 1 Ham. 368; 6 Gill & John. 250; but see contra, 17 S. & R. 438. Lines ought to be drawn wherever there are blanks, to prevent anything from being inserted afterwards. 2 Valin's Comm. 151.
Blank, () When the filling up blanks after the execution of deeds and other writings will vitiate them or not, see 3 Vin. Abr. 268; Moore, 547; Cro. Eliz. 626; 1 Vent. 185; 2 Lev. 35; 2 Ch. R. 187; 1 Anst. 228; 5 Mass. 538; 4 Binn. 1; 9 Crancb, 28; Yelv. 96; 2 Show. 161; 1 Saund. Pl. & Ev. 77; 4 B. & A. 672; Com. Dig. Fait, F 1; 4 @Bing. 123; 2 Hill. Ab. c. 25, Sec. 80; n. 33, Sec. 54-and 72; 1 Ohio, R. 368; 4 Binn. R. 1; 6 Cowen, 118; Wright, 176.
Blanket (n.) [C] 毛毯，毯子；毯狀物；（厚厚的）覆蓋層 [（+of）] A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
Blanket (n.) (Print) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
Blanket (n.) A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
Note: The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters explains the following figure of Shakespeare. -- Nares.
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark To cry, "Hold, hold!" -- Shak.
Blanket sheet, A newspaper of folio size.
A wet blanket, Anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or discourages.
A wet blanket, A damper, kill-joy.
Blanketed (imp. & p. p.) of Blanket.
Blanketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blanket.
Blanket (v. t.) （似）用毯覆蓋 [H] [（+with）]； 掩蓋 To cover with a blanket.
I'll . . . blanket my loins. -- Shak.
Blanket (v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. -- B. Jonson.
Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
Blanket cattle. See Belted cattle, under Belted.
Blanket (a.) 總括的，全體的；適用於所有情況的；沒有限制的 Broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: {across-the-board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing}, {extensive}, {panoptic}, {wide}].
Blanket (n.) Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: blanket, cover].
Blanket (n.) Anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle].
Blanket (n.) A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor.
Blanket (v.) Cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields".
Blanket (v.) Form a blanket-like cover (over).
Blanket, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 402
Housing Units (2000): 189
Land area (2000): 0.574704 sq. miles (1.488477 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.574704 sq. miles (1.488477 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08596
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.826469 N, 98.788172 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76432
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Blanket, TX
Blanket
Blanketing (n.) Cloth for blankets.
Blanketing (n.) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
That affair of the blanketing happened to thee for the fault thou wast guilty of. -- Smollett. Blanket mortgage
Blankly (adv.) In a blank manner; without expression; vacuously; as, to stare blankly. -- G. Eliot.
Blankly (adv.) Directly; flatly; point blank. -- De Quincey.
Blankly (a.) Without expression; in a blank manner; "she stared at him blankly".
Blankness (n.) The state of being blank.
Blankness (n.) The state of being blank; void; emptiness.
Blanquette (n.) (Cookery) A white fricassee.
Blanquillo (n.) (Zool.) A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow.
Blanquillo (n.) Important marine food fishes [syn: blanquillo, tilefish].
Blared (imp. & p. p.) of Blare.
Blaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blare.
Blare (v. i.) To sound loudly and somewhat harshly. "The trumpet blared." -- Tennyson.
Blare (v. t.) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
To blare its own interpretation. -- Tennyson.
Blare (n.) The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.
With blare of bugle, clamor of men. -- Tennyson.
His ears are stunned with the thunder's blare. -- J. R. Drake.
Blare (n.) A loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din].
Blare (v.) Make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" [syn: blast, blare].
Blare (v.) Make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn:
honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot].
Blarneyed (imp. & p. p.) of Blarney.
Blarneying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blarney.
Blarney (v. t.) To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. "Blarneyed the landlord." -- Irving.
Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. -- S. G. Goodrich.
Blarney (n.) Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.]
Blarney stone, A stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
Note: The origin of the stone is uncertain. In order to kiss the Blarney stone, which is located in the side of the castle, one must be held upside-down by the feet and lowered into the proper position from an opening in an overhang in the parapet. It is an experience eschewed by some tourists.
Blarney (n.) Flattery designed to gain favor [syn: blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk].
Blarney (n.) (v.) Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle].
Blas'e (a.) Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; used up.
Syn: bored.
Blas'e (a.) Very sophisticated; versed in the ways of the world. The blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'.
Syn: knowing, worldly.
Blas'e (a.) Uninterested and attaching little importance; -- of attitudes toward duties. a blase attitude about housecleaning.
Syn: unconcerned.
Blas'e (a.) Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly].
Blas'e (a.) Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored].
Blas'e (a.) Nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning".
Blaspheme (v. i.) To utter blasphemy.
He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. -- Mark iii. 29.
Blasphemed (imp. & p. p.) of Blaspheme.
Blaspheming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blaspheme.
Blaspheme (v. t.) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. -- Milton.
How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name? -- Dr. W. Beveridge.
Blaspheme (v. t.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. -- Shak.
Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. -- Pope.
Blaspheme (v.) Utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate].
Blaspheme (v.) Speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God".
Blasphemer (n.) One who blasphemes.
And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God ? -- Pope.
Blasphemer (n.) A person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things.
Blasphemous (a.) 褻瀆神明的；對神聖的事物不敬的 Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. "Blasphemous publications." -- Porteus.
Nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous. -- Milton.
Note: Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example.
Blasphemous (a.) Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious].
Blasphemous (a.) Characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: blasphemous, blue, profane].
Blasphemously (adv.) 褻瀆地；誹謗地；辱罵地 In a blasphemous manner.
Blasphemously (adv.) In a blasphemous manner; "the sailors were cursing blasphemously".
Blasphemy (n.) [(+against)] 褻瀆；不敬 [U]；褻瀆上帝（或神祇）的言詞（或行為）[C] An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity.
Note: When used generally in statutes or at common law, blasphemy is the use of irreverent words or signs in reference to the Supreme Being in such a way as to produce scandal or provoke violence.
Blasphemy (n.) Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification.
Punished for his blasphemy against learning. -- Bacon.
Blasphemy (n.) Blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred).
Blasphemy (n.) Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn: {profanation}, {desecration}, {blasphemy}, {sacrilege}].
Blasphemy, () In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps. 74:18; Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Rev. 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It denotes also any kind of calumny, or evil-speaking, or abuse (1 Kings 21:10; Acts 13:45; 18:6, etc.). Our Lord was accused of blasphemy when he claimed to be the Son of God (Matt. 26:65; comp. Matt. 9:3; Mark 2:7). They who deny his Messiahship blaspheme Jesus (Luke 22:65; John 10:36).
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28, 29; Luke 12:10) is regarded by some as a continued and obstinate rejection of the gospel, and hence is an unpardonable sin, simply because as long as a sinner remains in unbelief he voluntarily excludes himself from pardon. Others regard the expression as designating the sin of attributing to the power of Satan those miracles which Christ performed, or generally those works which are the result of the Spirit's agency.
Blasphemy, () crim. law. To attribute to God that which is contrary to his nature, and does not belong to him, and to deny what does or it is a false reflection uttered with a malicious, design of reviling God. Elym's Pref. to vol. 8, St. Tr.
Blasphemy, () This offence has been enlarged in Pennsylvania, and perhaps most of the states, by statutory provision. Vide Christianity; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 394. In England all blasphemies against God, the Christian religion, the Holy Scriptures, and malicious revilings of the established church, are punishable by indictment. 1 East, P. C. 3; 1 Russ. on Cr. 217.
Blasphemy, () In France, before the 25th of September, 1791, it was a blasphemy also to speak against the holy virgin and the saints, to deny one's faith, to speak with impiety of holy things, and to swear by things sacred. Merl. Rep. h. t. The law relating to blasphemy in that country was totally repealed by the code of 25th of September, 1791, and its present penal code, art. 262, enacts, that any person who, by words or gestures, shall commit any outrage upon objects of public worship, in the places designed or actually employed for the performance of its rites, or shall assault or insult the ministers of such worship in the exercise of their functions, shall be fined from sixteen to five hundred francs, and be imprisoned for a period not less than fifteen days nor more than six months.
Blasphemy, () The civil law forbad the crime of blasphemy; such, for example, as to swear by the hair or the head of God; and it punished its violation with death. Si enim contra homines factae blasphemiae impunitae non relinquuntur; multo magis qui ipsum Deum Blasphemant, digni sunt supplicia sustinere. Nov. 77, ch. 1, Sec. 1.
Blasphemy, () In Spain it is blasphemy not only to speak against God and his government, but to utter injuries against the Virgin Mary and the saints. Senen Villanova Y Manes, Materia Criminal, forense, Observ. 11, cap. 3, n.
Blasphemy (n.) [ C or U ] （對上帝或宗教的）褻瀆；褻瀆的言行；侮慢的言行 Something that you say or do that shows you do not respect God or a religion.
// To be accused of blasphemy.
// (Figurative) (Humorous) Madonna fans think that any criticism of her is blasphemy.
- blast () A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
Blast (n.) A violent gust of wind.
And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. -- Thomson.
Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to designate whether the current is heated or not heated before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use.
Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.
One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. -- Sir W. Scott.
The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. -- Bryant.
Blast (n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
By the blast of God they perish. -- Job iv. 9.
Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. -- Shak.
Blast (n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. "Large blasts are often used." -- Tomlinson.
Blast (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.
Blast furnace, A furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.
Blast hole, A hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters.
Blast nozzle, A fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice.
In full blast, In complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]
Blasted (imp. & p. p.) of Blast.
Blasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blast.
Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.
Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind. -- Gen. xii. 6.
Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.
I'll cross it, though it blast me. -- Shak.
Blasted with excess of light. -- T. Gray.
Blast (v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din.
Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear. -- Shak.
Blast (v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.