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BLAIDS, _s. pl._

_Watson's Coll._

A. S. _blaedr_, Su. G. _blaedot_, and Germ. _blater_, denote a pimple, or swelling with many reddish pimples that eat and spread. A.

S. _blaecth_, leprosy.

BLAIN, _s._ A mark left by a wound, the discolouring of the skin after a sore, S.

_Rutherford._

A. S. _blegene_, Belg. _bleyne_, pustula. But our term is more closely allied to Isl. _blina_, which is not only rendered _pustula_, but also, _caesio ex verbere_; G. Andr. Germ. _blae-en_, to swell.

BLAIN, _s._ A blank, a vacancy.

_A blain in a field_, a place where the grain has not sprung, Loth.

Probably a metaph. use of the preceding word.

BLAIR, _s._ That part of flax which is afterwards used in manufacture, properly after it has been steeped, and laid out for being dried; for it is subsequently called _lint_, S. This in E. is denominated _harle_.

Sw. _blaer_, hards of flax; but rather from Isl. _blaer_, aura, because it is thus exposed to the drought.

_To_ BLAIR, _v. n._ To become dry by exposure to the drought, Ang.

BLAIRIN, _s._ The ground appropriated for drying flax, Ang.

This term also denotes the ground on which peats are laid out to be dried, ibid.

BLAIRAND, _part. pr._ Roaring, crying. Teut. _blaer-en_, mugire, Gl.

Sibb.

BLAIT, _adj._ Naked, bare.

_Pr. of Peblis._

BLAIT, BLATE, _adj._

1. Bashful, sheepish, S.

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