\Bloom\, n. [OE. blome, fr. Icel. bl?m, bl?mi; akin to Sw.
blom, Goth. bl?ma, OS. bl?mo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma,
G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. bl?wan to blow, blossom.
See {Blow} to bloom, and cf. {Blossom}.]
1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud;
   flowers, collectively.
         The rich blooms of the tropics.       --Prescott.
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.
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.
         Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter
         bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.
                                               --Hawthorne.
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.
         A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom
         upon it.                              --Thackeray.
5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon
   the surface of a picture.
6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on
   well-tanned leather. --Knight.
7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some
   minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

\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.
         A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of
         life, Began to bloom.                 --Milton.
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.
         A better country blooms to view,
         Beneath a brighter sky.               --Logan.

\Bloom\, v. t.
1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.]
         Charitable affection bloomed them.    --Hooker.
2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.]
   --Milton.
         While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.
                                               --Keats.

\Bloom\, n. [AS. bl?ma a mass or lump, [=i]senes bl?ma 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.