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

BLYNDIT, pret. Blended.
Gawan and Gol.

BLINDLINS, BLYNDLINGIS, adv. Having the eyes closed, hoodwinked. It denotes the state of one who does any thing as if he were blind, S.
V. [Lingis]

Germ. Dan. blindlings, id.

Douglas.

BLINDS, s. pl. The Pogge, or Miller's Thumb, a fish, Cottus Cataphractus, Linn. West of S.
Statist. Acc.

Perhaps it receives this name, because its eyes are very small.

To BLINK, v. n.
1. To become a little sour; a term used with respect to milk or beer, S. [Bleeze], synon.
Chr. Kirk.
2. To be blinkit, to be half drunk, Fife.

Su. G. blaenk-a, Germ. blink-en, coruscare, to shine, to flash, to lighten; q. struck with lightning, which, we know, has the effect of making liquids sour; or as denoting that of sunshine, or of the heat of the weather.

BLINNYNG, part. pr. Leg. Blumyng.
Maitland Poems.

BLYPE, s. A coat, a shred; applied to the skin, which is said to come off in blypes, when it peels in coats, or is rubbed off, in shreds; S.
Burns.