An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BLACK-COCK, s. The Heath-cock, black Game, S. Tetrao tetrix, Linn. V. Penn. Zool. p. 266. Tetrao seu Urogallus minor.—Gallus palustris Scoticus, Gesn. Nostratibus, the Black cock. Sibb. Scot. p. 16.
V. [Capercailye].

BLACK FISH, fish when they have recently spawned.
V. [Reid Fische].

BLACK-FISHING, s. Fishing for salmon, under night, by means of torches, S.
V. [Leister].
Statist. Acc.

BLACK-FOOT, s. A sort of matchmaker; one who goes between a lover and his mistress, endeavouring to bring the fair one to compliance, S. pronounced black-fit; synon. [Mush], q. v.

BLACK-HEAD, s. The Powit-gull, Shetl.
Neill.

BLACK-MAIL.
V. [Mail].

BLACK PUDDING.
V. [Mart].

BLACK SPAUL, a disease of cattle, S.
Essays Highl. Soc.

BLAD, BLAUD, s. A large piece of any thing, a considerable portion, S. expl. "a flat piece of any thing," Gl. Burns.
Polwort.

"A blad of bread," is a large flat piece. "I gat a great blad of Virgil by heart;" I committed to memory a great many verses from Virgil.