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Su. G. _bladdr-a_, Germ, _plauder-n_, to prattle, to chatter, to jabber; Teut. _blater-en_, stulte loqui; Lat. _blater-are_, to babble.

_To_ BLETHER, BLATHER, BLADDER, _v. a._ To talk nonsensically, S.

_Lyndsay._

BLETHERAND, _pret._

_Fordun._

Allied perhaps to Teut. _blater-en_, _blaeter-en_, proflare fastum, gloriari.

BLETHER, BLATHER, _s._ Nonsense, foolish talk, S.; often used in pl.

_Hamilton._

BLAIDRY, _s._ Nonsense, foolish talk.

_Ramsay._

BLEW. _To look blew_, to seem disconcerted. It conveys both the idea of astonishment and of gloominess, S.

_Peblis to the Play._

_Blew_, S. is often synon. with _blae_, livid.

BLICHAM, _s._ (gutt.) A contemptuous designation for a person, Perths.

BLICHT, _adj._ An epithet expressive of the coruscation of armour, in the time of action.

_Houlate._

A. S. _blic-an_, coruscare; _blect_, coruscatus. Alem. _blechet_, Germ. _blicket_, splendet.

_To_ BLIN, BLYN, BLYNE, _v. n._ To cease, to desist, S.; also _blind_.

_Wallace._

A. S. _blinn-an_, cessare, contr. from _bilinn-an_, id. In Isl. and Su. G. it occurs in its simple form, _linn-a_, also, _lind-a_, id.

_To_ BLIN, _v. a._ To cause to cease.

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