Part 87 (1/2)

_Chron. S. Poet._

BLIND HARIE, Blind man's buff, S. _Belly-blind_, synon.

_Herd._

In the Scandinavian _Julbock_, from which this sport seems to have originated, the princ.i.p.al actor was disguised in the skin of a _buck_ or _goat_. The name _Blind Harie_ might therefore arise from his rough attire; as he was called _blind_, in consequence of being blindfolded.

Or it may signify, _Blind Master_, or _Lord_, in ironical language.

V. ~Herie~.

BLIND MAN'S BALL, or _Devil's snuff-box_, Common puff-ball, S. V. Flor.

Suec.

_Lightfoot._

It is also called _Blind man's een_, i. e. eyes, S. B. An idea, according to Linn., prevails throughout the whole of Sweden, that the dust of this plant causes _blindness_.

BLYNDIT, _pret._ Blended.

_Gawan and Gol._

BLINDLINS, BLYNDLINGIS, _adv._ Having the eyes closed, hoodwinked. It denotes the state of one who does any thing as if he were blind, S.

V. ~Lingis~ Germ. Dan. _blindlings_, id.

_Douglas._

BLINDS, _s. pl._ The Pogge, or Miller's Thumb, a fish, _Cottus Cataphractus_, Linn. West of S.

_Statist. Acc._

Perhaps it receives this name, because its eyes are very small.

To BLINK, _v. n._

1. To become a little sour; a term used with respect to milk or beer, S.

_Bleeze_, synon.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. To be _blinkit_, to be half drunk, Fife.