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

Lat. blater-are, Teut. blater-en, stultè loqui.

BLAUCHT, adj. Pale, livid.
Palace of Hon.

A. S. blac, blaec; Su. G. blek, Isl. bleik-r, E. bleak, pallidus. A. S. blac-ian, Su. G. blek-na, to wax pale.

BLAVING, BLAUING, s. Blowing.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. blawan byman, buccina canere.

BLAW, s. A blow, a stroke.
Wallace.

Teut. blaew-en, caedere. Blaw is used in this sense. Gl. Westmorel.

To BLAW, v. Used both as a. and n.
1. To blow; in a literal sense referring to the wind. S.
Douglas.

A. S. blaw-an, flare.

2. To breathe, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
3. To publish, to make known. S.
Burel.
E. blow is used in the same sense.
4. To brag, to boast, S. [Blast], synon.
Barbour.
Douglas.