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

BLAWORT, s. The Blue bottle; Centaurea cyanus, Linn., S. Witch-bells, also Thumbles, S. B.
Neill.

From [bla], livid, q. v. and wort, an herb.

BLAZE, s. The name given to allum ore, S.

BLE, BLIE, s. Complexion, colour.
Gawan and Gol.

This word is common in O. E. A. S. bleoh, blio, color.

To BLEACH down, or along, v. n. To fall flat to the ground. Bleach is also used to denote a fall of this description, Loth.

Perhaps from Isl. blak-a, verberare; as denoting the effect of a violent blow.

BLEACH, s. A blow, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
Poems Buchan Dialect.

To BLEAD, v. a. Apparently, to train, or to lead on to the chace.
Statist. Acc.

Alem. blait-en, beleit-en, comitari, conducere.