a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head.
2.
a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife's death was a terrible blow to him.
3.
a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow to the south.
—Idioms
4.
at one blow, with a single act: He became wealthy and famous at one blow. Also, at a blow.
5.
come to blows, to begin to fight, esp. to engage in physical combat: They came to blows over the referee's ruling.
6.
strike a blow, to hit.
7.
strike a blow for, to further or advance the cause of: to strike a blow for civil rights.
8.
without striking a blow, without a battle or contest: The military coup was accomplished without striking a blow.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME blaw, northern form repr. later blowe; akin to OHG bliuwan, Goth bliggwan to beat]
—Synonyms 1. buffet, thump, thwack, rap, slap, cuff, box, beat, knock. 1, 2.Blow,stroke,hit,slap refer to a sudden or forceful impact, but differ in their literal and figurative uses. Blow emphasizes the violence of the impact and, figuratively, adverse fortune: a blow from a hammer; a blow to one's hopes. Stroke emphasizes movement as well as impact; it indicates precision or, figuratively, either good fortune or sudden or unexpected pain or misfortune: the stroke of a piston; a stroke of luck, of lightning; a paralytic stroke. Hit, in its current uses, emphasizes the successful result of a literal or figurative blow, impact, or impression, for example in baseball, social life, the theater: a two-base hit; to make a hit with someone; a smash hit. Slap, a blow with the open hand or with something flat, emphasizes the instrument with which the blow is delivered and, often, the resulting sound; figuratively, it connotes an unfriendly or sarcastic statement, action, or attitude: Her coldness was like a slap in the face; the slap of a beaver's tail on the water.
to move along, carried by or as by the wind: Dust seemed to blow through every crack in the house.
3.
to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows: Blow on your hands to warm them.
4.
(of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound.
5.
to make a blowing sound; whistle: The siren blew just as we rounded the corner.
6.
(of horses) to breathe hard or quickly; pant.
7.
Informal. to boast; brag: He kept blowing about his medals.
8.
Zoology. (of a whale) to spout.
9.
(of a fuse, light bulb, vacuum tube, tire, etc.) to burst, melt, stop functioning, or be destroyed by exploding, overloading, etc. (often fol. by out): A fuse blew just as we sat down to dinner. The rear tire blew out.
10.
to burst from internal pressure: Poorly sealed cans will often blow.
11.
Slang. to leave; depart.
–verb (used with object)
12.
to drive by means of a current of air: A sudden breeze blew the smoke into the house.
13.
to spread or make widely known: Growing panic blew the rumor about.
14.
to drive a current of air upon.
15.
to clear or empty by forcing air through: Try blowing your nose.
16.
to shape (glass, smoke, etc.) with a current of air: to blow smoke rings.
17.
to cause to sound, as by a current of air: Blow your horn at the next crossing.
18.
Jazz. to play (a musical instrument of any kind).
19.
to cause to explode (often fol. by up, to bits, etc.): A mine blew the ship to bits.
20.
to burst, melt, burn out, or destroy by exploding, overloading, etc. (often fol. by out): to blow a tire; blow a fuse.
21.
to destroy; demolish (usually fol. by down, over, etc.): The windstorm blew down his house.
22.
Informal.
a.
to spend money on.
b.
to squander; spend quickly: He blew a fortune on racing cars.
c.
to waste; lose: The team blew the lead by making a bad play.
23.
Informal. to mishandle, ruin, botch; make a mess of; bungle: With one stupid mistake he blew the whole project. It was your last chance and you blew it!
24.
Slang. to damn: Blow the cost!
25.
to put (a horse) out of breath by fatigue.
26.
Slang. to depart from: to blow town.
27.
Slang:Vulgar. to perform fellatio on.
28.
Slang. to smoke (marijuana or other drugs).
–noun
29.
a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
30.
Informal. a violent windstorm, gale, hurricane, or the like: one of the worst blows we ever had around here.
31.
an act of producing a blast of air, as in playing a wind instrument: a few discordant blows by the bugler.
32.
Metallurgy.
a.
a blast of air forced through a converter, as in the production of steel or copper.
b.
the stage of the production process during which this blast is used.
To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.
To move along or be carried by or as if by the wind: Her hat blew away.
To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.
To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.
To breathe hard; pant.
To storm: It blew all night.
To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode: The tire blew.
To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions: The furnace blew during the cold snap.
To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.
To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.
Informal To boast.
Slang To go away; depart.
v.
tr.
To cause to move by means of a current of air.
To expel (air) from the mouth.
To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from: blew a tire.
To drive a current of air on, in, or through: blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.
To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through: constantly blowing his nose in allergy season.
To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.
Music
To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.
To sound: a bugle blowing taps.
To cause to be out of breath.
To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.
To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.
To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
To cause to be out of breath.
To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.
To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.
To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
To demolish by the force of an explosion: An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.
To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.
To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.
To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
Slang
To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.
Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
Slang To depart (a place) in a great hurry: Let's blow this city no later than noon.
n.
The act or an instance of blowing.
A blast of air or wind.
A storm.
Informal An act of bragging.
Slang Cocaine.
To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.
To defeat decisively.
To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away.
To relieve or release (pressure); let off.
Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off.
To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.
To fail, as an electrical apparatus.
To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.
To come into being: A storm blew up.
To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.
To enlarge (a photographic image or print).
To explode: bombs blowing up.
To lose one's temper.
Phrasal Verb(s): blow away Slang
To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.
To defeat decisively.
To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away.
blow in Slang
To arrive, especially when unexpected.
blow off
To relieve or release (pressure); let off.
Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off.
blow out
To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.
To fail, as an electrical apparatus.
To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.
blow over
To subside, wane, or pass over with little lasting effect: The storm blew over quickly. The scandal will soon blow over. blow up
To come into being: A storm blew up.
To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.
To enlarge (a photographic image or print).
To explode: bombs blowing up.
To lose one's temper.
Idiom(s):
blow a fuse/gasket Slang
To explode with anger.
Idiom(s):
blow hot and cold
To change one's opinion often on a matter; vacillate.
Idiom(s):
blow off steam
To give vent to pent-up emotion.
Idiom(s):
blow (one's) cool Slang
To lose one's composure.
Idiom(s):
blow (one's) mind Slang
To affect with intense emotion, such as amazement, excitement, or shock.
Idiom(s):
blow (one's) top/stack Informal
To lose one's temper.
Idiom(s):
blow out of proportion
To make more of than is reasonable; exaggerate.
Idiom(s):
blow smoke
To speak deceptively.
To brag or exaggerate.
[Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
"move air," O.E. blawan "make an air current, sound a wind instrument" (class VII strong verb; past tense bleow, pp. blawen), from P.Gmc. *blæ-anan (cf. O.H.G. blaen), from PIE *bhle- "to swell, blow up" (cf. L. flare "to blow"). Slang "do fellatio on" sense is from 1933, as blow (someone) off, originally among prostitutes (blow job first recorded 1961 in the sexual sense; as recently as 1953 it meant "a type of airplane"). This usage is probably not connected to the colloquial imprecation (1781, associated with sailors, e.g. Popeye's "well, blow me down!"), which has pp. blowed. Meaning "to spend (money) foolishly and all at once" is 1890s; that of "bungle an opportunity" is from 1943. Blowhard (n.) "braggart" is from 1820s; blowout "big, loud party" is 1824. To blow up "explode" is from 1599.
"blossom" (intrans.), source of the blown in full-blown; from O.E. blowan "to flower, blossom, flourish," from P.Gmc. *blæ-, from PIE *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom" (see bole).
"hard hit," c.1460, blowe, from northern and East Midlands dialects, perhaps from M.Du. blouwen "to beat," of unknown origin; influenced by blow (v.1).
forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
verb
1.
exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
2.
be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
3.
free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
4.
be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" [syn: float]
5.
make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
6.
shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
7.
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: botch]
8.
spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: waste] [ant: conserve]
9.
spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
10.
sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"
11.
play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
12.
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation [syn: fellate]
13.
cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
14.
cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
15.
spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
16.
leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" [syn: shove off]
17.
lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
18.
cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
19.
show off
20.
allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
21.
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" [syn: blow out]
Main Entry: 2blow Function: noun 1: the act of some insects of depositing eggs or larvae; also: a larva so deposited (as in a wound)
—used chiefly of blowflies and flesh flies 2: forcible ejection of air from the body (as in freeing the nose of mucus and debris)
Main Entry: 1blow Pronunciation: 'blO Function: transitive verb Inflected Forms: blew/'blü/;blown/'blOn/;blow·ing 1: to free (the nose) of mucus and debris by forcible exhalation 2of blowflies and flesh flies: to deposit
eggs or larvae on or in
Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl?dre, bl?ddre; akin to Icel. bla?ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.]1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air. 2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid. 3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp. 4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with bladders of philosophy." --Rochester. Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods. Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods. Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods. Bladder worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm (T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See Measle, Cysticercus. Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast (Fucus nodosus and F. vesiculosus) -- called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
Blade\ (bl[=a]d), n. [OE. blade, blad, AS. bl[ae]d leaf; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. bla[eth], OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr. fy`llon. The root is prob. the same as that of AS. bl[=o]wan, E. blow, to blossom. See Blow to blossom, and cf. Foil leaf of metal.]1. Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses. The crimson dulse . . . with its waving blade. --Percival. First the blade, then ear, after that the full corn in the ear. --Mark iv. 28. 2. The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword. 3. The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller. 4. The scapula or shoulder blade. 5. pl. (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. --Weale. 6. pl. (Com.) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell. --De Colange. 7. A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning. He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. --Coleridge.
Blast\ (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth. bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See Blow to eject air.]1. A violent gust of wind. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. --Thomson. 2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast. Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to designate whether the current is heated or not heated before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use. 3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast. 4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. --Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. --Bryant. 5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish. --Job iv. 9. Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. --Shak. 6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. "Large blasts are often used." --Tomlinson. 7. A flatulent disease of sheep. Blast furnace, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure. Blast hole, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters. Blast nozzle, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice. In full blast, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]
Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. --Grainger. 2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. 3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison. Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. Blister fly, a blister beetle. Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. Blood blister. See under Blood.
Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl?d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl??, Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See Blow to bloom.]1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See Corpuscle, Plasma. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. Half blood (Law), relationship through only one parent. Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. Blood baptism (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. Blood blister, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. Blood brother, brother by blood or birth. Blood clam (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. Argina pexata of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. Blood corpuscle. See Corpuscle. Blood crystal (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[ae]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[ae]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. Blood heat, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 981/2 [deg] Fahr. Blood horse, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. Blood money. See in the Vocabulary. Blood orange, an orange with dark red pulp. Blood poisoning (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[ae]mia. Blood pudding, a pudding made of blood and other materials. Blood relation, one connected by blood or descent. Blood spavin. See under Spavin. Blood vessel. See in the Vocabulary. Blue blood, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. Flesh and blood. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. In blood (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. To let blood. See under Let. Prince of the blood, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal.
Bloom\, n. [OE. blome, fr. Icel. bl?m, bl?mi; akin to Sw. blom, Goth. bl?ma, OS. bl?mo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma, G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. bl?wan to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and cf. Blossom.]1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. The rich blooms of the tropics. --Prescott. 2. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom. "Sight of vernal bloom." --Milton. 3. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth. Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. --Hawthorne. 4. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow. A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. --Thackeray. 5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture. 6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. --Knight. 7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
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