a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; growth. ] (Biol.) Non-germinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Blighted; withered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon this blasted heath. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confounded; accursed; detestable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some of her own blasted gypsies. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rent open by an explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blasted quarry thunders, heard remote. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Blastemata [ Gr. bla`sthma bud, sprout. ] (Biol.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, blasts or destroys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ky`tos hollow vessel + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; growth. ] (Biol.) See Protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from their popularity with negro inner-city (ghetto) youth ] A portable casette or compact disk player, usually having an integrated radio receiver. It typically has two (stereophonic) speakers, and can be adjusted to play at a high sound intensity, from which the name comes.
Syn. -- boom box. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + blasta`nein to sprout. ] (Zool.) The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]