bloom1 (blom)

[= Sc. blume; early mod. E. bloome, blome, bloume; E. bloom2 ), is a deflected sense; the ME. may be in part from the Scand.) (=OS. blomo = late OFries. blæm, blam, NFries. blomme = MD. OHG. bloeme, D. bloem, f., = MLG. blome = bluomo, m., bluoma, f., MHG. bluome, m., f., G. blume, f., Icel. blōmi, m., blom, neut., = Norw. blom = Sw. blomma, f., = Dan. blomme = Goth. 5. Cruel; murderous; given to the shedding of bloma, m., a flower), with formative -m (orig. blood, or having a cruel, savage disposition. IMG:content-2210.png:[blocks in formation] * -man ), ME. blede (= MLG. blot = OHG. MHG. bluot, MHG. pl. blüete, G. blüte ), a flower, blo om, fruit, and AS. blõstma, blöstm, > E blo om, and perhaps AS. blod, E. blood; also from the same ult. root, L. flos (flor-), > ult. E. flower, flour: see these words.] 1: A blo om; the flower of a plant, especially of an ornamental plant; an expanded bud. While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around. Pope, Spring, 1. 100. Now sleeps the humming-bird, that, in the sun, Wandered from bloom to bloom. Bryant, May Evening. IMG:content-2211.png:[blocks in formation] Disdaining all adulterated aids of art, Kept a perpetual spring upon her face. A better country blooms to view, Beneath a brighter sky. IMG:content-2212.png:[blocks in formation] table affection bloomed them, no man could justly have condemned as evil. Hooker , Eccles. Pol. bloom2 (blöm), n. [Not found in ME., but in late AS.; blōma , a bloom of metal (glo ed IMG:content-2213.png:[blocks in formation] bloomery (blöʻmėr-i), n.; pl. bloomeries (-iz). [Le prop. bloomary , blomary , early mod. E. blomarie ; bloom2 + -ery.] An establishment in which wrought-iron is made by the direct proce , that is, from the ore directly, or with- out having been first produced in the form of cast-iron. The direct proce was the original one by which wrought-iron was made wherever that metal was employed, and is still in use among nations where modern metallurgical methods are not yet introduced, especially in Burma, Borneo, and Africa; it is also employed, though to a very limited extent, in Europe and in the United States, especially in the Cham plain district of New York. The iron made in bloomeries is obtained in the form of blooms (see bloom2 ). Also called block - furnace. bloom-hook (blöm'hük), n. A tool for han- dling metal blooms. Also called bloom - tongs. blooming1 (blö'ming), n. [Verbal n. of bloom1 , v.] 1. A clouded or smoked appearance on the surface of varnish; bloom.-2. In dyeing , the addition of an agent, usually stannous chlorid, to the dye-bath, toward the end of the operation, for the purpose of rendering the color lighter and brighter. Also called brightening . blooming1 (blö'ming), p . a . [Ppr. of bloom1 , v.] 1. Blo oming; flowering; showing blooms. And, ere one flowery season fades and dies, Designs the blooming wonders of the next. Now May with life and music The blooming valley fills. Bryant , The Serenade. 2. Glowing as with youthful vigor; showing the freshne and beauty of youth. The lovely Thais, by his side, blo om (blos'um), n. [Early mod. E. also blo um , blo ome , blo um , usually blosme , earlier blostme , blōstma , blōsthma , some- times contr. blosma (once blōsan , glo ed by L. flos , appar. an error for blōsma ), weak mase., blōstm , strong masc., flower, blo om (=OD. blosem , D. bloesem = MLG. blosem , blo em ), a blo om, flower, with suffixes- st +-ma, blō , in AS. blow an, blow, bloom (see blow2 ); le prob. blōs- (= L. florere , * flosere ), extended stem of blow an, blow. The first suffix ap- pears in MHG. bluost , a blo om, the second in ME. blome, E. bloom1 , etc., and both, trans- posed, in Icel. blomstr = Sw. blomster = Dan. blomst , a flower; cf. L. flos (flor-), a flower: see blow2 and flower.] 1. The flower of a plant, usually more or le conspicuous from the colored leaflets which form it and which are generally of more delicate texture than the leaves of the plant. It is a general term, applicable to the e ential organs of reproduction, with their appen- dages, of every species of tree or plant. 2. The state of flowering or bearing flowers; bloom: as, the apple-tree is in blo om .-3. Any person, thing, state, or condition likened to a blo om or to the bloom of a plant. And there died, My Icarus, my blo om , in his pride. This beauty in the blo om of my youth.: I sued and served. blo om (blos'um), v. i. [ blo omen , blos- men , blōstmian (= D. bloesemen ), blōst- ma , blo om: see blo om , n.] To put forth blo oms or flowers; bloom; blow; flower: often used figuratively. Fruits that blo om first will first be ripe. Shak., Othello, ii. 3. They make the dark and dreary hours Open and blo om into flowers! blooming2 (blöʼming), n. [ metal . , same as shingling . bloomingly (blö'ming-li), adv . In a blooming IMG:content-2214.png:[blocks in formation] blooming ne (blö'ming-nes), n. being blooming; a blooming condition. blooming-sally (blö'ming-sal i), n. low-herb, Epilobium an gust i folium . Norw. blomlaus.] Having no bloom or blo om. sure') figuratively to Christ as incarnated); not found in other languages in this sense, bloom-tongs (blöm tôngz), n. pl. and prob. a particular use of * blōma , a flower, bloom - hook . the hammer or between the rolls into bars. Some blooms are made directly from the ore in bloom- eries, but most of them by shingling the puddled balls from the puddling-furnace. See bloomery , blooming - mill , forge , and puddle , v. bloomary, n. See bloomery . bloomed (blömd), a . Covered with blooms or blo oms. bloomer1 (blö'mėr), n. [ This "lily" of Scripture [ Nymphœa lotus ] was a prolific N. and Q., 7th ser., III. 25. = G. blumig = Sw. blommig ; bloom1 + -y1.] 1. Full of bloom or blo oms; flowery. We wandered up the bloomy land, To talk with shepherds on the lea. 2. Having a bloom, or delicate powdery ap- pearance, as fresh fruit. What though for him no Hybla sweets distill, Nor bloomy vines wave purple on the hill? Campbell . What if, in both, life's bloomy flush was lost, And their full autumn felt the mellowing frost? Crabbe , Works, I. 89. blooth (blöth), n. An English dialectal varia- tion of blowth . blorel (blor), v. i.; pret. and pp. blored , ppr. bloring. [ME. bloren , weep, a var. of blaren , blare: see blare1.] To cry; cry out; weep; bray; bellow. [Prov. Eng.] blore2+ (blor), n. [Prob. a var. of blarel (after blorel ), affected by blow1 .] The act of blow- ing; a roaring wind; a blast. Like rude and raging waves roused with the fervent blore Of th' east and south winds. Chapman , Iliad, ii. 122. IMG:content-2215.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2216.png:[blocks in formation] correspondents. 4. Imputed disgrace or stain; defamation: as, to cast a blot upon one's character. He that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot . Prov. ix. 7. blot1 (blot), v.; pret. and pp. blotted , ppr. blot- ting. [ blotten ; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink, mud, or any discoloring matter. IMG:content-2217.png:[blocks in formation] Hence-4. To efface; cause to be unseen or forgotten; destroy; annihilate: followed by out: as, to blot out a crime, or the remembrance of anything. Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? George Eliot, Middle march, I. 458. Blotting out the far-away blue sky, The hard and close-packed clouds spread silently. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 336. 5. To darken or obscure; eclipse. (Rare.] He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. 596