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n. [ F. ] 1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. [ Written also blond. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ So called from its color. ] A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace. [ 1913 Webster ]

A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being blond. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ OF. blanquet whitish, dim. of blanc white. Cf. Blanket. ] Gray; bluish gray. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our bloncket liveries been all too sad. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. oblongus; ob (see Ob-) + longus long: cf. F. oblong. ] Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) The medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat oblong. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an oblong form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being oblong. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Oblonga [ NL. See Oblong. ] (Geom.) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Oblong, with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Ovate-oblong. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Post-, and Oblongata. ] (Anat.) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]