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▪ I. blissom, a.|ˈblɪsəm|
[a. ON. blœsma adj. (a ewe or goat) in heat; ODu. blesme (Kolkar).]
Of a ewe: In heat. (See quot.)
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. ix. §2. 234 Carnal, fleshly, blissom, clicket, proud. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Ewe, Ewe is Bliessom, a Term peculiar to Sheepherds, signifying that the Ewe has taken Tup.
▪ II. ˈblissom, v.
[f. as prec.]
1. trans. Of a ram: To couple with a ewe; to tup. In pass. said of the ewe.
1432–50tr. Higden Rolls Ser. II. 303 Iacob putte the roddes..afore the siȝhte of schepe when thei scholde be blissomede. 1483Cath. Angl. 34 To Blessum, arietare. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §37. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm i. xxv. 111 One Ramme will serue to blesome fiftie Ewes. 1656in Blount Glossogr.; 1721in Bailey, and in later Dicts.
2. intr. ‘To caterwaul, to be lustful.’ J.
Hence ˈblissoming vbl. n., ˈblissomed ppl. a.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxxvii[i]. 70 Of after-blismed, [Vulg. de post fœtantes], him name he. 1721Bailey, Blissoming, the Act of generation between a Ram and a Ewe. 1766Rider Dict. s.v., To go a blissoming is to desire the Ram. |