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BLAWCH, v. to gossip, to talk idly.

BLAZE, sb. a white mark on the head of a horse. Blazer is a common name for a horse.

BLEDDER, sb. nonsense, windy talk.

BLEND, v. to bewilder, mislead.
 * ' Now don't blend me. ' L.

BLETHER or BLOTHER, v. to bellow or blubber.
 * ' Hold thy bletherin '  noise. '

'BLIND MAN'S HOLIDAY, sb. the evening twilight.
 * This appears to be a secondary meaning, for I have heard ' It's like playing at blind man ' s holiday ' i.e., trying to work in the dark.

BLISSOM, maris appelens. BLOB, sb. a bubble.

BLONGE or BLENGE, v. to mix together.
 * A lodger having furniture complained that his landlady had blonged it with her own furniture. He said, ' Shoo ' s blonged ' em all together. '

BLORE, v. to weep. ' Blorynge or wepynge. ' ''Prompt. Parv.''

BLOW BALL, sb.
 * ' The globular head of the field plant called the dandelion. There seems to have been some superstition connected with it, children supposing that the hour of the day is indicated by the number of the puffs which are required to disperse the whole amount of the winged seeds. ' —Hunter's MS.

BLOW ME TIGHT, an oath.
 * Tite is still used with the meaning of ' soon ' in Wakefield.  Banks.

BLUE MILK, skimmed milk. Hunter's MS.

BLUFF, v. to blindfold.

BLUFFS, sb.pl. the blinkers of a horse.
 * Blind man's buff is sometimes called blind man's bluff.

BLUNT, sb. money. Bywater.

BLURRY, sb. a blunder.

BOB, v. to strike against the mouth or upon the head.

BOB, sb. a bunch.
 * ' A bob of cherries. '

BOB, sb. the back hair of a woman rolled up.

BOBBERSOME, adj. over forward, intrusive. Hunter's MS.