An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 85
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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 shining 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 shine, to glance, to flash as lightning.
BLENK, BLINK, _s._
1. A beam, a ray.
_Douglas._
2. "A glimpse of light," S. Sir J. Sinclairs 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._