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BLUITER, BLUTTER, _s._

1. A rumbling noise; as that sometimes made by the intestines, S.

2. Apparently used to denote filth in a liquid state.

_Cleland._

_To_ BLUME, _v. n._ To blossom, S. _bloom_, E.

_To_ BLUNK, _v. a._ To spoil a thing, to mismanage any business, S.

Hence,

BLUNKIT, BLINKIT, _part. pa._ ”Injured by mismanagement, or by some mischievous contrivance,” Gl. Sibb.

BLUNKET, _s._ Expl. ”Pale blue; perhaps any faint or faded colour; q.

_blanched_.” Sibb.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

BLUNT, _adj._ Stripped, bare, naked.

_Douglas._

This seems to be radically the same with _Blout_, q. v.

BLUNTIE, _s._ A sniveller, a stupid fellow, S.

_Burns._

BLUP, _s._ One who makes a clumsy or awkward appearance; Loth. It is apparently the same with _Flup_, q. v.

_To_ Bl.u.s.tER, _v. a._ To disfigure in writing.

V. ~Bludder~, _v._

_Baillie._

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