blusterer (blusterer)

One who or that which blusters; especially, a swaggerer; a bully; a noisy, boastful, or boisterous fellow. Sometime a blusterer, that the ruffle knew Of court, of city. Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 58. blustering (blus'ter-ing), p. a. [Ppr. of blus ter, v.] 1. Stormy; windy; tempestuous: as, blustering weather; "a blustering day," Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 1.-2. Noisy; violent; self-a erting; swaggering: as, a blustering fellow. A policy of blustering menace and arrogant interference. N. A. Rev. , XXXIX. 410. blusteringly (blus'ter-ing-li), adv. In a blustering manner. blusterous, blustrous (blus'ter-us, -trus), a. [ IMG:content-2243.png:[blocks in formation] blustrous, a. See blusterous . -bly. A termination of adverbs. See the ety- mology of -ble . blype (blip), n. [Origin uncertain.] 1. A shred; a piece of skin rubbed off. Burns .-2. A stroke or blow. [Scotch.] [ blithe . Without a blush; unblushing; past blushing; B. M. An abbreviation of Bachelor of Medicine. impudent; barefaced; shamele : as, “blush- B. M. E. An abbreviation of Bachelor of Min le crimes," Sandys. blushwort (blushwert), n . A name given to cultivated species of Æschynanthus . blushy (blush'i), a. [ blushy . Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 507. ing Engineering. B. Mus. An abbreviation of Bachelor of Music. bolt, a., pron., and conj. [ME., also boo, 2. In ordinary language, some large serpent, as a boa-constrictor, anaconda, or python; any member of the family Boida or Pythonida. -3. A long and slender cylindrical wrap of fur, worn by women round the neck. A