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 117 Black tin. Tin ore fit for the smelting or blowing house. Black-wine toddy. Port wine negus. Black-worm. The black beetle of the kitchen, &c. Blamed^ or Blame. ^^ Well, I'm blamed ef I knaw.'' ^' Blame me ef I doan't." (The word hloived is also used thus.) It seems a mild form of swearing. Blast. A sudden inflammation of an eye. "A blast in the eye." Blawed. Quite out of breath. Blawed. Also, Blaad, Vlaad^ and Flaad. Terms used of cows which have eaten too largely of grass, causing meteorism. Blinch. To catch a glimpse of C. Blind-buck-a-davy. Blind-man's buff. c. Blind-nettle. A stingless nettle. Galeopsis. Blink. A small light or flame. " There isn't a blink of fire. Blobber, or Blob. A large bubble. A vesication as from a blister ; ^' all in great blobbers." Bloody sea-dock. The Lapathum marinum sangui- neim. Borlase. Bloody-warriors. Wall flowers. (The red crane's bill. M.A.C.) Blood-sucker. The sea anemone. M.A.C.