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V. ~Capercailye~.

BLACK FISH, fish when they have recently sp.a.w.ned.

V. ~Reid Fische~.

BLACK-FIs.h.i.+NG, _s._ Fis.h.i.+ng for salmon, under night, by means of torches, S.

V. ~Leister~.

_Statist. Acc._

BLACK-FOOT, _s._ A sort of matchmaker; one who goes between a lover and his mistress, endeavouring to bring the fair one to compliance, S.

p.r.o.nounced _black-fit_; synon. _Mush_, q. v.

BLACK-HEAD, _s._ The Powit-gull, Shetl.

_Neill._

BLACK-MAIL.

V. ~Mail~.

BLACK PUDDING.

V. ~Mart~.

BLACK SPAUL, a disease of cattle, S.

_Essays Highl. Soc._

BLAD, BLAUD, _s._ A large piece of any thing, a considerable portion, S.

expl. ”a flat piece of any thing,” Gl. Burns.

_Polwort._

”A _blad_ of bread,” is a large flat piece. ”I gat a _great blad_ of Virgil by heart;” I committed to memory a great many verses from Virgil.

To _ding in blads_, to drive in pieces.

_Melville's MS._

This word, as perhaps originally applied to food, may be from A. S.