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(), a.[OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. blc, blc, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. blk, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. blcan to shine; akin to OHG. blchen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. to burn, shine, Skr. bhrj to shine, and E. flame. 98. Cf. Bleach, Blink, Flame.] 1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.] When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. Foxe. 2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. Wordsworth. At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. Longfellow. 3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. -- Bleak"ish, a. -- Bleak"ly, adv. -- Bleak"ness, n. Bleak n.[From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zol.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinid; the blay. [Written also blick.] The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. Baird. スポンサード リンク
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