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   Bloom (), n. [OE. blome, fr. Icel. blóm, blómi; akin to Sw. blom, Goth. blma, OS. blmo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma, G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. blwan to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and cf. Blossom.]
   1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
   
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   The rich blooms of the tropics. Prescott.
   
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   2. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, “the cherry trees are in bloom”. “Sight of vernal bloom.”  Milton.
   
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   3. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, “the bloom of youth”.
   
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   Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. Hawthorne.
   
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   4. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.
   
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   A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. Thackeray.
   
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   5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
   
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   6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.  Knight.
   
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   7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, “the rose-red cobalt bloom”.
   
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   Bloom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bloomed (); p. pr. & vb. n. Blooming.]
   1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
   
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   A flower which once
   
   In Paradise, fast by the tree of life,
   
   Began to bloom. Milton.
   
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   2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.
   
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   A better country blooms to view,
   Beneath a brighter sky. Logan.
   
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   Bloom, v. t.
   1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.]
   
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   Charitable affection bloomed them. Hooker.
   
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   2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.]  Milton.
   
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   While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day. Keats.
   
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   Bloom, n. [AS. blma a mass or lump, īsenes blma a lump or wedge of iron.] (Metal.) (a) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling. (b) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
   
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