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

Germ. blaw, falsus, mendax, dolosus. Teut. blas-en, flare et nimiis vanisque laudibus rem efferre, ac inani flatu infarcire.

5. To magnify in narration, especially from a principle of ostentation, S.
6. To flatter, to coax.
Baillie.
S. Prov. "Ye first burn me, and then blaw me."
7. To blaw in one's lug, to cajole or flatter a person, so as to be able to guide him at will, S.
Nicol Burne.
To blow in the ear, id. O. E.

Su. G. blaas-a, to instil evil counsel. Teut. oor-blaesen, not only signifies, in aurem mussare, sive mussitare, obgannire in aurem; but is rendered, blandiri.

8. To huff a man at draughts. I blaw, or blow you, I take this man, S.

Su. G. blaas-a, to blow, is used in this very sense. Blaasa bort en bricka i damspel, Seren.

9. To blaw appin locks or bolts, and to loose fetters, by means of a magical power ascribed to the breath, S.
Satan's Invisible World.

10. To blaw out on one, to reproach him.
Wallace.

BLAW, s.
1. A blast, a gust, S. Rudd.
Gawan and Gol.
2. The sound emitted by a wind instrument.
3. A falsehood, a lie told from ostentation. He tells greit blaws, S. B.
Ramsay.

BLAW, s. A pull, a draught; a cant term, used among topers, S.
Ferguson.

BLAWN COD, a split cod, half-dried, Ang.; so denominated, perhaps, because exposed for some time to the wind.