An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 89

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V. ~Blob~.

_Henrysone._

_To_ BLUDDER, BLUTHER, _v. a._

1. To blot paper in writing, to disfigure any writing, S.

Su. G. _pluttra_, incuriose scribere; Moes. G. _blothjan_, irritum reddere.

2. To disfigure the face with weeping, or in any other way, S.

_Ross. Cleland._

_To_ BLUDDER, BLUTHER, _v. n._ To make a noise with the mouth in taking any liquid, S.

BLUE BONNETS, BLUE BOTTLES, S. Centaurea cya.n.u.s, Linn.

_Lightfoot._

BLUE-GOWN, _s._ The name commonly given to a pensioner, who, annually, on the King's birth-day, receives a certain sum of money, and a _blue gown_ or cloak, which he wears with a badge on it, S.

V. ~Bedeman~.

BLUFFLEHEADED, _adj._ Having a large head, accompanied with the appearance of dulness of intellect, S.; perhaps from E. _bluff_.

BLUIDVEIT, BLUIDWYTE, _s._ A fine paid for effusion of blood.

_Skene. Reg. Maj._

A. S. _blodwite_, pro effuso sanguine mulcta; from _blod_, sanguis, and _wite_, poena, mulcta.

_To_ BLUITER, _v. n._

1. To make a rumbling noise; to blurt, S.

2. _To bluiter up_ with water, to dilute too much, S.

3. To blatter, to pour forth lame, harsh, and unmusical rhymes.

_Polwart._

Germ. _plaudern_, nugari et mentiri, _plauderei_, mixta nugis mendacia. In sense 2. it seems to be merely a dimin. from _Blout_, q. v.

BLUITER, BLUTTER, _s._

1. A rumbling noise; as that sometimes made by the intestines, S.

2. Apparently used to denote filth in a liquid state.

_Cleland._

_To_ BLUME, _v. n._ To blossom, S. _bloom_, E.

_To_ BLUNK, _v. a._ To spoil a thing, to mismanage any business, S.

Hence,

BLUNKIT, BLINKIT, _part. pa._ "Injured by mismanagement, or by some mischievous contrivance," Gl. Sibb.

BLUNKET, _s._ Expl. "Pale blue; perhaps any faint or faded colour; q.

_blanched_." Sibb.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

BLUNT, _adj._ Stripped, bare, naked.

_Douglas._

This seems to be radically the same with _Blout_, q. v.

BLUNTIE, _s._ A sniveller, a stupid fellow, S.

_Burns._

BLUP, _s._ One who makes a clumsy or awkward appearance; Loth. It is apparently the same with _Flup_, q. v.

_To_ Bl.u.s.tER, _v. a._ To disfigure in writing.

V. ~Bludder~, _v._

_Baillie._

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