Vocabulary : Blolly to Blood money

Blolly : A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a hard, 10-ribbed fruit. ;; The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same region.
Blomary : See Bloomery.
Bloncket : Alt. of Blonket
Blond : Alt. of Blonde
Blond metal : A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools.

Blonde : Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion. ;; A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. ;; A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.
Blondness : The state of being blond.
Blonket : Gray; bluish gray.
Blood : 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. ;; Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. ;; Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. ;; Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. ;; The fleshy nature of man. ;; The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. ;; A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. ;; Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. ;; A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. ;; The juice of anything, especially if red. ;; To bleed. ;; To stain, smear or wet, with blood. ;; To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war. ;; To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
Blood money : Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. ;; Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.

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