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blichening, n. meanings, etymology and more
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun blichening. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete. It is ... www.oed.com
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blightening, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective blightening is in the mid 1700s. OED's only evidence for blightening is from 1743, in Select Transactions Society of ... www.oed.com
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BLIGHT definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
If something blights an area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive. An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground. . www.collinsdictionary.com
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blichening
† ˈblichening, n. Obs. rare—1. [perh. vbl. n. from *blichen, a southern form of blikne, bliken, to become pale. Cf. blight.] Mildew, rust, or blight in corn.c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 827 For blichenyng [rubigine] and myst take chaf and raf, And ley it on thi lande. Oxford English Dictionary
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SND :: blichan - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
blichening (obs.), mildew, rust, blight in corn, c.1420 (N.E.D.), phs. from *blichen, a southern form of blikne, bliken, to become pale, Eng. bleach. Cf ... dsl.ac.uk
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Daily Word Games - CleverGoat
(transitive) To affect the fertility or growth of (a plant) with a blight (noun sense 1.1), especially one caused by a fungus; to blast, to mildew, to smut. clevergoat.com
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blight
▪ I. blight, n. (blaɪt) Also 7–8 blite. [A word of unknown origin; which entered literature, apparently from the speech of farmers or gardeners, in the 17th c.; literary men were at first doubtful as to its proper spelling, and seem to have thought of the plant blite. (Among suggestions as to its or... Oxford English Dictionary
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blight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Middle English blichening · mildew or rust on grain, blight ; Middle English bliken · to gleam, shine; to turn pale ; Old English blīcan · to shine, sparkle ; English ... en.wiktionary.org
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Blight - The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blight, n. 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part ... cide.en-academic.com
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blight 词源(Etymology) - 趣词词源[英文版] - 趣词词典
A related piece in the jigsaw is blichening 'blight or rust in corn', found once in Middle English, which may have come ultimately from Old Norse blikna 'become ... www.quword.com
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BLINGING Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Blinging definition: flashy and expensive. See examples of BLINGING used in a sentence. www.dictionary.com
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blight - English World dictionary
blight — ▻ NOUN 1) a plant disease, especially one caused by fungi. 2) a thing that spoils or damages something. 3) ugly or neglected urban landscape. ▻ VERB 1) ... world_en.en-academic.com
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