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▪ I. † bland, n.1 Obs.
[a. ON. bland, in phr. í blana in union, together, whence ME. in bland: cf. OE. bland mixture, f. stem of bland v.1]
In phr. in bland: in mixture, in union, a. adv. together; b. prep. among.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 885 Þay blwe a buffet in blande þat banned people. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1205 Boþe quit and red in-blande. a1400Alexander (Stev.) 2786 In batail..in-bland with þe Grekis.
▪ II. bland, n.2|blænd|
[a. ON. blanda (fem.) a mixture of fluids, spec. ‘a beverage of hot whey mixed with water,’ Vigfusson: cf. OE. bland (neut.) ‘mixture.’]
The name in Orkney and Shetland of a beverage made of buttermilk and water.
1703M. Martin Descr. W. Isles (1716) 374 Their drinking of bland [in Shetland]. 1732De Foe, etc. Tour Gt. Brit. (1769) IV. 337. 1822 Scott Pirate vi. (D.) She filled a small wooden quaigh from an earthen pitcher which contained bland, a subacid liquor made out of the serous part of the milk. 1837R. Dunn Ornith. Ork. & Shet. 13.
▪ III. bland, a.|blænd|
[ad. L. bland-us soft, smooth, caressing.]
1. Of persons, their actions, etc.: Smooth and suave in manner; mildly soothing or coaxing: gentle.
1661Pepys Diary 12 Sept., With some bland counsel of his. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 855 With bland words at will. 1774Goldsm. Retal. 140 His manners were gentle, complying, & bland. 1801Southey Garci Ferrand. ii. iii, Winning eye and action bland. 1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 93 Bland satire on his friends. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 439 A bland temper and winning manners. 1878Black Green Past. xv. 120 A bland and benevolent face.
2. Of things: Soft, mild, pleasing to the senses; gentle, genial, balmy, soothing.
1667Milton P.L. v. 5 Temperat vapours bland. 1820Keats St. Agnes xi, The sound of merriment and chorus bland. 1872C. King Sierra Nev. vi. 122 The air was bland, the heavens cloudless.
b. Of medicines: Mild, unirritating. Of food: Not stimulating. (Cf. quot. 1667 in 2).
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 671/2 A very small force only is requisite to cause bland fluids to follow the course of blood. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 92 Bland oils are serviceable in softening scales and crusts. 1878Holbrook Hyg. Brain 111 The food should be bland.
¶ quasi-advb. (in poetry).
1596Spenser Hymn to Beauty 171 That base affection, which your eares would bland Commend to you by Loves abused name. 1850Mrs. Browning Poet's Vow ii, They clasping bland his gift.
▪ IV. † bland, v.1 Obs.
Also blonden.
[Common Teut. str. vb.: OE. blandan, blǫndan, pa. tense bléond, pple. blanden = OS. blandan, OHG. blantan, ON. (and Sw.) blanda, Goth. blandan, baibland, blandans, to mix. Only once exemplified in OE., and in ME. superseded by blend v.2 The two later instances here may be accidental; if genuine, they perh. represent the ON. rather than the OE. vb.]
trans. To mix, intermingle, blend.
a1000Riddles (Gr.) xli. 59 Swétra, þonne þu beobread blénde mid huniᵹe. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1931 Blande[n] al of blaunner were boþe al aboute. c1420Liber Cocorum 24 Blonde hit with mylke and put alle in panne. 1513Douglas æneis iii. ix. 83 Blude blandit with wyne.
▪ V. † bland, v.2 Obs.
Also blaund, blond.
[a. OF. bland-ir:—L. blandīri to soothe, flatter: see blandish.]
trans. To soothe, flatter; a by-form of blandish.
c1315Shoreham 73 Ac blondeth. c1505Dunbar ‘Schir, ȝit remembir’ 77 Nor ȝit with benifice am I blandit.
▪ VI. bland
var. of blende pa. pple. and ppl. a. |