Blane, "without blane" (WH[294],b), ceasing.
Blench, "to blench his sight" (M[23],d), deceive, hinder, obstruct. "The rebels besieged them, winning the even ground on the top, by carrying up great trusses of hay before them, to blench the defendants' sight, and dead their shot."—Carew, Survey of Cornwall (1602).
Blest, "God's dear blest" (IP[316],c), i.e. happy or blessed, "people" being understood. Also bliss, happiness.
Blin, "of thy prayer blin" (M[25],b), cease, stop. "How so her fansies stop—Her tears did never blin." "Romeus and Juliet," Supp. to Sh., i. 287 (Nares).
Bloodings (R[221],a), black (or blood) puddings.
Blottibus, etc. (M[30],b), kitchen Latin.
Board, Bourd, "I will board her" (R[195],b)—"to bourd Respublica" (R[200],b). Mr. Magnus says "to engage in tilting," but is not the sense that of Fr. aborder = to accost, address, woo. The spelling in the present text should, of course, have been uniform. "I am sure he is in the fleet; I would he had boarded me."—Shakespeare, Much Ado, ii. I. " ... for, sure, unless he knew some strain in me, that I know not myself, he would never have boarded me in this fury."—Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, ii. I.
Boat, "an oar in everybody's boat" (R[235],c): see Heywood, Works (E.E.D.S.), II., 24,b; 207,a; 417,c.
Bolt, "my bolt is shot" (M[34],d), an arrow: for examples of the proverb, see Heywood, Works (E.E.D.S.), II. 58,d; 91,a; 205,d; 332,d; 370,c.
Bolt, "sift and bolt" (R[207],d), the legal sense is probably intended rather than redundancy for the rhyming's sake. Oppression means that matters must be gifted and discussed privately in order to improve their opportunities for rascality. "And having performed the exercises of their own houses called boltes, mootes, and putting of cases, they proceed to be admitted and become students, in some of these four houses or innes of court, where continuing by the space of seven yeares (or there-aboutes) they frequent readings, meetings, boltinges, and other learned exercises."—Stowe, Survey of London, p. 59. "The judge, or jury, or parties, or the counsel, or attornies, propounding questions, beats and bolts out the truth much better than when the witness delivers only a formal series."—Sir M. Hale (d. 1676).