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full-faced; frank and free; outspoken; gruff; a game steep and at cards overhanging: v.a. to repulse: s. ahigh unceremoniously steep bank;; (Ger, blaf, broad-faced). 76 BOAST ] [Naut.] ad. in a bluish manner. Bluishne , blu'-ish-nes, s. the quality of being bluish. stupidly;to flounder about: s. a gro mistake. bore; a stupid, blundering fellow. manner. understanding; abrupt in addre ; unceremonious: v.a. to dull the edge or point; to repre or weaken. Bluntly, blunt'-le, ad. in blunt manner. Bluntne , blunt'-nes,-s. the quality of being blunt. to obscure; todim. See Blear. inadvertently (Sc. blirt, an outburst). confusion, .; to feel ashamed: s. redne in the cheeks from shame, confusion, .; a red or reddish colour; glance (akin to blaze). blush'-fül-le, ad. in blushful manner. as of blushing: a. with blushes; blooming. Blushingly, blush'-ing-le, ad. in blushing manner. to bully; to swagger; to boast: s. a loud confused noise, as of wind in impotent gusts; boasting; boisterousne . See Blast. boastful. Blisteringly, blus'-ter-ing-le, ad. in a blustering manner. prey in their coils; a boa-shaped cravat of forworn by ladies. Boa constrictor, the largest known boa, or serpent, peculiar to tropical America, 30 or 40 feet in length, and which can crush even bullocks to pieces in its folds (L. bos, bovis, an ox). from Heb pl. sons of thunder.) shoot out the nose as high as the ears, and to it in the wind[Man. ] (A.S. bar.) sider able length and breadth; a table for food; food served at table; a table at which a council or court sits; a number of persons who have the management of some public trust; a table or frame for agame, as a che -board; pasteboard; cover of a book: pl. the stage; the deck of a ship; the interior part of a ship or boat; theine over which a ship runs between tack and tack [Naut.): v.a. to cover with boards; to enter a ship by force; to accost; to furnish with board; to place as a boarder: v.n. to be furnished with board. By the board, close to the deck; completely (Naut.) (A.S. bord, a table.) ship. one who boards a ship in action. tom house, or a shipping firm, whose duty it is to communicate with ships on their arrival in port. board may be had. weapon. lars of which board with the master. the number of square feet in a board, without calculation. board. vants to keep themselves in victuals. to magnify or exalt; to vaunt: s. an expre ion of ostentation or pride; a brag; cause of boasting; laudable exultation.