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5. To magnify in narration, especially from a principle of ostentation, S.

6. To flatter, to coax.

_Baillie._

S. Prov. ”Ye first burn me, and then _blaw_ me.”

7. To _blaw_ in one's _lug_, to cajole or flatter a person, so as to be able to guide him at will, S.

_Nicol Burne._

_To blow in the ear_, id. O. E.

Su. G. _blaas-a_, to instil evil counsel. Teut. _oor-blaesen_, not only signifies, in aurem mussare, sive mussitare, obgannire in aurem; but is rendered, blandiri.

8. To huff a man at draughts. _I blaw_, or _blow you_, I take this man, S.

Su. G. _blaas-a_, to blow, is used in this very sense. _Blaasa bort en bricka i damspel_, Seren.

9. To _blaw appin_ locks or bolts, and to loose fetters, by means of a magical power ascribed to the breath, S.

_Satan's Invisible World._

10. _To blaw out_ on one, to reproach him.

_Wallace._

BLAW, _s._

1. A blast, a gust, S. Rudd.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. The sound emitted by a wind instrument.

3. A falsehood, a lie told from ostentation. _He tells greit blaws_, S.

B.

_Ramsay._

BLAW, _s._ A pull, a draught; a cant term, used among topers, S.

_Ferguson._

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