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

BLUIDVEIT, BLUIDWYTE, s. A fine paid for effusion of blood.
Skene. Reg. Maj.

A. S. blodwite, pro effuso sanguine mulcta; from blod, sanguis, and wite, poena, mulcta.

To BLUITER, v. n.
1. To make a rumbling noise; to blurt, S.
2. To bluiter up with water, to dilute too much, S.
3. To blatter, to pour forth lame, harsh, and unmusical rhymes.
Polwart.

Germ. plaudern, nugari et mentiri, plauderei, mixta nugis mendacia. In sense 2. it seems to be merely a dimin. from [Blout], q. v.

BLUITER, BLUTTER, s.
1. A rumbling noise; as that sometimes made by the intestines, S.
2. Apparently used to denote filth in a liquid state.
Cleland.

To BLUME, v. n. To blossom, S. bloom, E.

To BLUNK, v. a. To spoil a thing, to mismanage any business, S. Hence,

BLUNKIT, BLINKIT, part. pa. "Injured by mismanagement, or by some mischievous contrivance," Gl. Sibb.

BLUNKET, s. Expl. "Pale blue; perhaps any faint or faded colour; q. blanched." Sibb.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.

BLUNT, adj. Stripped, bare, naked.
Douglas.