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

BLOUT, s.
1. The sudden breaking of a storm, S. Bloutenin, Clydesd.
2. "A blout of foul weather," a sudden fall of rain, snow or hail, accompanied with wind, S.
3. A sudden eruption of a liquid substance, accompanied with noise, S.

Probably allied to Su. G. bloet, humidus; bloeta waegar, viae humidae.

BLUBBER, BLUBBIR, s. A bubble of air, S.
V. [Blob].
Henrysone.

To BLUDDER, BLUTHER, v. a.
1. To blot paper in writing, to disfigure any writing, S.

Su. G. pluttra, incuriose scribere; Moes. G. blothjan, irritum reddere.

2. To disfigure the face with weeping, or in any other way, S.
Ross. Cleland.

To BLUDDER, BLUTHER, v. n. To make a noise with the mouth in taking any liquid, S.

BLUE BONNETS, BLUE BOTTLES, S. Centaurea cyanus, Linn.
Lightfoot.

BLUE-GOWN, s. The name commonly given to a pensioner, who, annually, on the King's birth-day, receives a certain sum of money, and a blue gown or cloak, which he wears with a badge on it, S.
V. [Bedeman].

BLUFFLEHEADED, adj. Having a large head, accompanied with the appearance of dulness of intellect, S.; perhaps from E. bluff.