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

It may be either the same with [Bladarie], or [Blaidry], q. v.

BLAE, BLAY, s. The rough parts of wood left in consequence of boring or sawing, S. B.

Germ. bleh, thin leaves or plates; lamina, bracteola; Wachter.

BLAES, s. pl. Apparently, lamina of stone, S.
Law Case.

BLAE, adj. Livid.
V. [Bla].

BLAE-BERRY, s. The Billberry; Vaccinium myrtillus, Linn.
Ramsay.

Sw. bla-baer, vaccinium, Seren. Isl. blaber, myrtilli; G. Andr.

To BLAFLUM, v. a. To beguile, S.
V. [Bleflum].
Ramsay.

BLAIDRY, s. Nonsense.
V. [Blether], v.

BLAIDS, s. pl.
Watson's Coll.