n._ to babble; to speak
indistinctly.
BLACKAVICED, _a_. dark-complexioned.
BLACK-COCK, _s._ the black grouse.
BLACK-FISHING, _s._ fishing for salmon by torch light.
BLACK-FOOT, _s._ a person who makes matches, or goes
between a lover and his mistress.
BLAD, _s._ a large piece of anything.
BLADE, _s._ the leaf of a tree.
BLADOCH, BLEDOCH, _s._ buttermilk.
BLAE, BLA, _adj._ livid; used when the skin is discoloured
with a blow, or when chilled with cold.
BLAEBERRY, _s._ the bilberry.
BLAIDRY, _s._ nonsense; folly; silly talk.
BLAIN, _s._ a mark or blemish left by a wound.
BLAIT, _adj._ bashful; sheepish.
BLAIT-MOUIT, _adj._ sheepish; ashamed to open one's mouth,
or speak. _ Ye'r no blait_, you are very forward or
impudent--used metaphorically.
BLAITIE-BUM, _s._ a stupid, simple fellow.
BLASH, _s._ a heavy fall of rain.
BLASHY, _adj._ deluging, sweeping away, as in a flood;
thin, poor, as applied to broth or soup.
_To_ BLAST, _v. n._ to smoke. _To take a blast_,
to take a smoke.
BLATE, BLAIT, _adj._ bashful.
_To_ BLATHER, _v. n._ to talk nonsense; to talk
ridiculously.
BLATTER, _s_, a rattling noise, such as that made by a
heavy shower of rain or hail.
_To_ BLAW, _v_. to blow.
BLEAR, _s._ to obscure the sight.
BLEARD, _s.
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