Bland

[Lat. bland us; probably from the root of "My face I'll grime with filth; Blanket my loins; tie all my hair in knots." - Shaks. lenis , with a prefix; 0. Ger. lind ; Dan. lind , soft, mild, -To to in a blanket, by way of penalty or contempt. and gentle.] Soft; smooth; soothing; gentle; mild. "And even calm Perpetual reign'd, save what the zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanse.' Thomson. Bland, in Virginia , a S.W. co., bounded on the S.E. by a range called Walker's Mountain; area , abt. 350 sq. m. It is drained by Walker's and Wolf creeks. Bland'ensville, or Bland'insville, in Illinois, a village of McDonough co. Bland ford, a borough of England, co. Dorset, 98 m. S.W. of London. It is a neat little town, situated amid a fine tract of sheep pastures. Bland ford, in Virginia , a village of Dinwiddie co., about 14 m. E. Petersburg, Bland'insville, in Illinois, a post-township of Mc- Donough co., 33 m. E.N.E. of Keokuk.