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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

Bi·zet" (?), n. [Cf. Bezel.] The upper faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. See Brilliant, n.

Blab (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Blabbing.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also Blubber, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. Udall.

And yonder a vile physician blabbing
The case of his patient.
Tennyson.

Blab, v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.

She must burst or blab.
Dryden.

Blab, n. [OE. blabbe.] One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. "Avoided as a blab." Milton.

For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler.
Bacon.

Blab"ber (?), n. A tattler; a telltale.

Black (?), a. [OE. blak, AS. blęc; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bläck ink, Dan. blęk, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. blāc, E. bleak pallid. ?98.]

1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.

O night, with hue so black!
Shak.

2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.


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