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

Hence,

BLAST, s. A brag, a vain boast, S.
Z. Boyd.

BLASTER, s. A boaster; also, one who speaks extravagantly in narration, S.

BLASTIE, s. "A shrivelled dwarf; a term of contempt," S. q. what is blasted.
Burns.

To BLAST, v. a. To blow up with gunpowder.
Statist. Acc.

BLASTER. One who is employed to blow up stones with gunpowder; S.
Pennant.

BLATE, adj. Bashful.
V. [Blait].

To BLATHER, v. n. To talk nonsensically.

BLATHER, s.
V. [Blether].

BLATTER, s. A rattling noise; S.
Ramsay.