An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 85

BLEIB, _s._

1. A pustule, a blister. "A burnt _bleib_," a blister caused by burning, S.

_Bleb_, a blister, A. Bor. Gl. Grose.

2. _Bleibs_, _pl._ An eruption to which children are subject, in which the spots appear larger than in the measles; Loth. Border.

V. ~Blob~.

BLEIRIE, _adj._ A term applied to weak liquor, which has little or no strength; as _bleirie ale_, Fife.

BLEIRING, _part. pa._ _Bleiring Bats_.

_Polwart._

This seems to be the _botts_, a disease in horses. _Bleiring_ may express the effect of pain in making the patient to cry out; Teut.

_blaer-en_, boare, mugire.

BLEIRIS, _s. pl._ Something that prevents distinctness of vision.

_Philotus._

This is the same with _blear_, _s._ only used in the _pl._ Ihre mentions E. _blear-eyed_, as allied to Su. G. _blir-a_, _plir-a_, oculis semiclausis videre.

BLEIS, BLES, BLESS, BLEISE, _s._

1. Blaze, bright flame, S. B.

_Barbour._

2. A torch, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _blaese_, fax, taeda, a torch, any thing that makes a blaze, Su. G. _bloss_, id. Somn.

3. A signal made by fire, S.

BLEIS, _s._ The name given to a river-fish.

_Sibbald._

This seems to be what in E. is called _Bleak_, Cyprinus alburnus, Linn.

BLELLUM, _s._ An idle talking fellow, Ayrs.

_Burns._

_To_ BLEME, _v. n._ To bloom, to blossom.

_Bannatyne Poems._

BLEMIS, _s. pl._ Blossoms, flowers.

_Houlate._

Belg. _bloem_, Isl. _bloma_, Alem. _bluom_, flos, flosculus. Teut.

_bloem-en_, florere.

_To_ BLENK, BLINK, _v. n._

1. To open the eyes, as one does from a slumber, S.

_Barbour._

2. To throw a glance on one, especially as expressive of regard, S.

_Ross._

3. To look with a favourable eye; used metaph. in allusion to the s.h.i.+ning of the sun, after it has been covered with a cloud.

V. ~Blink~, _v._

_Baillie._

Belg. _blenck-en_, _blinck-en_, Su. G. _blaenk-a_, to s.h.i.+ne, to glance, to flash as lightning.

BLENK, BLINK, _s._

1. A beam, a ray.

_Douglas._

2. "A glimpse of light," S. Sir J. Sinclair's Observ. p. 113.

3. Hence transferred to the transient influence of the rays of the sun, especially in a cold or cloudy day. Thus it is common to speak of "a warm _blink_," "a clear blink," S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._