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Definition of Bleaks

Bleak
Bleak Bleak, n. [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinid[ae]; the blay. [Written also blick.] Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird.
Bleak
Bleak Bleak, a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. bl[=a]c, bl?c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. bl?k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. bl[=i]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[=i]chen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. ? to burn, shine, Skr. bhr[=a]j to shine, and E. flame. ?98. Cf. Bleach, Blink, Flame.] 1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.] When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. --Foxe. 2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. --Wordsworth. At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. --Longfellow. 3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. -- Bleak"ish, a. -- Bleak"ly, adv. -- Bleak"ness, n.

Meaning of Bleaks from wikipedia

- riffle bleak Aphyocypris chinensis, Chinese bleak Kinneret bleak from the Sea of Galilee "Bleak", a song by Opeth from Blackwater Park "Bleak", a song...
- the family Leuciscidae, the daces and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs...
- bleak or common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) is a small freshwater co**** fish of the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and bleaks....
- Bleak House is a novel by English author Charles ****ens, first published as a 20-episode serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel...
- 1843 (Bleaks) Achondrostoma Robalo, Almada, Levy & Doadrio, 2007 Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 (Riffle minnows) Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820 (Bleaks) Anaecypris...
- "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. It was published under the title "A Christmas Carol" in the January 1872 issue...
- and June Bleak Conjoined triplets who are Finney's older sisters, known to him as the Trouble Trifecta. They are the other three living Bleaks besides...
- recorded literary responses to the city: for Henry Kendall, it was a "wild bleak Bohemia", while Henry Kingsley stated that, in its rapid growth, Melbourne...
- Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of...
- crustaceans, worms, molluscs, insect larvae, insects and small fish. Male Danube bleaks ****emble in May to July at spawning sites in fast flowing streams with gravel...