An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 89

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 89

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 Kings 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._