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{ } a. [ F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See Blend, v. t. ] Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

, n. A garland. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Garland, n. ] A garland; a prize. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Land. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The capital city of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

London paste (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. --
London pride. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. Dr. Prior. --
London rocket (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of London. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To imitate the manner of the people of London. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the color of the transmitted light. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]