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BLAWN COD, a split cod, half-dried, Ang.; so denominated, perhaps, because exposed for some time to the _wind_.

BLAWORT, _s._ The Blue bottle; Centaurea cya.n.u.s, Linn., S.

_Witch-bells_, also _Thumbles_, S. B.

_Neill._

From _bla_, livid, q. v. and _wort_, an herb.

BLAZE, _s._ The name given to allum ore, S.

BLE, BLIE, _s._ Complexion, colour.

_Gawan and Gol._

This word is common in O. E. A. S. _bleoh_, _blio_, color.

_To_ BLEACH _down_, or _along_, _v. n._ To fall flat to the ground.

_Bleach_ is also used to denote a fall of this description, Loth.

Perhaps from Isl. _blak-a_, verberare; as denoting the effect of a violent blow.

BLEACH, _s._ A blow, S. B.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

_Poems Buchan Dialect._

_To_ BLEAD, _v. a._ Apparently, to train, or to lead on to the chace.

_Statist. Acc._

Alem. _blait-en_, _beleit-en_, comitari, conducere.

BLEAR, _s._ Something that obscures the sight.

V. ~Bleiris~.

_Ross._

_To_ BLECK, BLEK, _v. a._

1. To blacken, literally, S.