bl.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. bale; bales.

2. barrel; barrels.

3. black.

4. block.

5. blue.

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b/l ² American  

Or B/L

Commerce.

1. bill of lading.

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b.l. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. bill of lading.

2. Ordnance. breech loading.

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B.L. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Laws.

2. Bachelor of Letters.

3. bill of lading.

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BL ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Law

2. Bachelor of Letters

3. Barrister-at-Law

4. British Library

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B/L ² British  

abbreviation

1. bill of lading

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bl ³ British  

abbreviation

1. barrel

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

Monument of Matrons, containing seven severall lamps of Virginitie, by Thomas Bentley; bl. l.

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

I was well pleased with a fair, sound copy of the Speculum Stultorum, in 4to., bl. letter, in hexameter and pentameter verses, without date.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One 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