bleynt

An obsolete spelling of blain. bleyntet. An obsolete preterit of blench1. Therwithal he bleynte and cryede, A! Chaucer, Knight's Tale, L. 220. bliandt, n. See bleaunt . bliaust, bliautt, n. See bleaunt . blick1t, v. i. [In mod. E. appar. only in dial. blickent , shining, bright, orig. (as in 2d extract below) ppr. of blick ; ( a ) blikken , blikien, bliken , blician = MD. blicken , shine, gleam, Greek Church. D. blikken, twinkle, turn pale, = MLG. blicken, shine, gleam, = G. blicken, glance, look, = Icel. blika, shine, gleam, Sw. blicka, glance, look; a weak verb, in ME. mixed with the orig. strong verb (b) blīken, IMG:content-2181.png:[blocks in formation] To me and to my aid the ble 'd infusions That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones. Gr. φλέγειν, burn: see fulgent, phlegm, phlox. Hence ult. (from AS. blican ) E. bleak1, bleach1, q. V. Cf. blink, blank.] To shine; gleam. Bryzt blykked the bem of the brode heuen. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 603. The blykkande belt he bere theraboute. = Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (ed. Morris), 1. 2485. blick1 (blik), n. [ blick = D. Dan. blik , a look, glance, twinkle, flash, MLG, blick , gleam, sheen; from the verb: see blick1 , v.] The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupeling or refining proce . Raymond , Mining Glo ary. blick2 (blik), n. [E. dial. var. of bleak2 .] Same as bleak2.