Part 83 (1/2)

Lat. _blater-are_, Teut. _blater-en_, stulte loqui.

BLAUCHT, _adj._ Pale, livid.

_Palace of Hon._

A. S. _blac_, _blaec_; Su. G. _blek_, Isl. _bleik-r_, E. _bleak_, pallidus. A. S. _blac-ian_, Su. G. _blek-na_, to wax pale.

BLAVING, BLAUING, _s._ Blowing.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _blawan byman_, buccina canere.

BLAW, _s._ A blow, a stroke.

_Wallace._

Teut. _blaew-en_, caedere. _Blaw_ is used in this sense. Gl.

Westmorel.

_To_ BLAW, _v._ Used both as _a._ and _n._

1. To blow; in a literal sense referring to the wind. S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _blaw-an_, flare.

2. To breathe, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

3. To publish, to make known. S.

_Burel._

E. _blow_ is used in the same sense.

4. To brag, to boast, S. _Blast_, synon.

_Barbour._

_Douglas._

Germ. _blaw_, falsus, mendax, dolosus. Teut. _blas-en_, flare et nimiis vanisque laudibus rem efferre, ac inani flatu infarcire.