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bl.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. bale; bales.

  2. barrel; barrels.

  3. black.

  4. block.

  5. blue.


b/l 2 American  
Or B/L
Commerce.
  1. bill of lading.


b.l. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. bill of lading.

  2. Ordnance. breech loading.


B.L. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Laws.

  2. Bachelor of Letters.

  3. bill of lading.


BL 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Law

  2. Bachelor of Letters

  3. Barrister-at-Law

  4. British Library

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

B/L 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. bill of lading

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bl 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. barrel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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A Paire of Turtle Doves, or the History of Bellora and Fidelio, bl. l. 4to. see MS. note by Steevens, 1606.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

The title is Fantasticks: seruing for a perpetuall Prognostication, with the subjects of the twenty-four Descants, as they are called, in prose, contained in the volume. 4to. bl. lett.

From Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850 by Various

Office de la Vierge, manuscrit, avec 39 miniatures et un grand nombre de figures bizarres, oiseaux, etc. sup�rieurement execut�; 2 vol. in 8o. m. bl. doubl� de tapis, avec �tuis.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Churchyard's Works; 3 vols. in 1, very elegant, bl. letter.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Can you furnish me with a transcript of the title-page to Watson's Sonnets or Love Passions, 4to. bl. l.?

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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