alley n. - alley closed at one end.

- futile course.

- date n. Colloq. Date between two people who have not previously met.

- drunk adj. Colloq. Extremely drunk.

- man's buff n. Game in which a blindfold player tries to catch others.

- spot n. - point on the retina insensitive to light.

- area where vision or understanding is lacking.

- —adj. - lacking the power of sight.

- a without adequate foresight, discernment, or information (blind effort). B (often foll. By to) unwilling or unable to appreciate a factor etc. (blind to argument).

- not governed by purpose or reason (blind forces).

- reckless (blind hitting).

- a concealed (blind ditch). B closed at one end.

- (of flying) using instruments only.

- cookery (of a flan case etc.) Baked without a filling. —v. - deprive of sight.

- rob of judgement; deceive; overawe.

- slang go recklessly. —n. - screen for a window; awning.

- thing used to hide the truth.

- obstruction to sight or light. —adv. Blindly. blindly adv. Blindness n. [old english]

—v. - shut and open the eyes quickly.

- (often foll. By back) prevent (tears) by blinking.

- shine unsteadily, flicker. —n. - act of blinking.

- momentary gleam or glimpse. blink at 1 look at while blinking.

- ignore, shirk. On the blink slang not working properly; out of order. [dutch, var. Of *blench]

n. - perfect joy.

- being in heaven. blissful adj. Blissfully adv. [old english]

Abbr. Bachelor of letters. [latin baccalaureus litterarum]

colloq. —n. - a intensive or sudden (esp. Aerial) attack. B intensive period of work etc. (must have a blitz on this room).

- (the blitz) german air raids on london in 1940. —v. Inflict a blitz on. [abbreviation of *blitzkrieg]

v. - inflate, swell.

- (as bloated adj.) Inflated with pride, wealth, or food.

- cure (a herring) by salting and smoking lightly. [old norse]

and tackle n. System of pulleys and ropes, esp. For lifting.

- capitals n.pl. (also block letters) letters printed without serifs, or written with each letter separate and in capitals.

- vote n. Vote proportional in power to the number of people a delegate represents.

- —n. - solid piece of hard material, esp. Stone or wood.

- this as a base for chopping etc., as a stand, or for mounting a horse from.

- a large building, esp. When subdivided. B group of buildings between streets.

- obstruction.

- two or more pulleys mounted in a case.

- piece of wood or metal engraved for printing.

- slang head.

- (often attrib.) Number of things as a unit, e.g. Shares, theatre seats (block booking).

- sheets of paper glued along one edge. —v. - a (often foll. By up) obstruct. B impede.

- restrict the use of.

- cricket stop (a ball) with a bat defensively. block in 1 sketch roughly; plan.

- confine. Block out 1 shut out (light, noise, a memory, view, etc.).

- sketch roughly; plan. Block up confine; enclose. [low german or dutch]

n. Slang man, fellow. [shelta]

(of a woman usu. Blonde) —adj. (of a person, hair, or complexion) light-coloured, fair. —n. Blond person. [latin blondus yellow]

bank n. Store of blood for transfusion.

- bath n. Massacre.

- count n. Number of corpuscles in a specific amount of blood.

- donor n. Person giving blood for transfusion.

- group n. Any of the types of human blood.

- orange n. Red-fleshed orange.

- pressure n. Pressure of the blood in the arteries etc., measured for diagnosis.

- relation n. (also blood relative) relative by birth.

- sport n. Sport involving the killing or wounding of animals.

- sugar n. Amount of glucose in the blood.

- test n. Examination of blood, esp. For diagnosis.

- —n. - usu. Red fluid circulating in the arteries and veins of animals.

- bloodshed, esp. Killing.

- passion, temperament.

- race, descent, parentage (of the same blood).

- relationship; relations (blood is thicker than water).

- dandy. —v. - give (a hound) a first taste of blood.

- initiate (a person). in one's blood inherent in one's character. [old english]