'Snow-flakes are called "blossoms." The word snow-flake is unknown.'—Village Miners.
Blow. Sheep and cattle 'blow' themselves, or get 'blowed,' from over-eating when turned out into very heavy grass or clover, the fermentation of which often kills them on the spot, their bodies becoming terribly inflated with wind. See the description of the 'blasted' flock, in Far from the Madding Crowd, ch. xxi.—N. & S.W.
Blowing. A blossom (A.B.H.Wr.). See Bluen.—N.W.
Blowth. See Blooth.
Blub up. To puff or swell up. A man out of health and puffy about the face is said to look 'ter'ble blubbed up.' Cf. Blobbs.—N.W. Compare:—
'My face was blown and blub'd with dropsy wan.'—Mirror for Magistrates.
Blue Bottle. Scilla nutans, Sm., Wild Hyacinth.—S.W.
Blue Buttons. (1) Scabiosa arvensis, L., Field Scabious.—S.W. (2) S. Columbaria, L., Small Scabious.—S.W.
Blue Cat. One who is suspected of being an incendiary. 'He has the name of a blue cat.' See Lewis's Cat.—S.W. (Salisbury.)
Blue Eyes. Veronica Chamaedrys, L., Germander Speedwell.—N.W.