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_.
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._
This seems to be radically the same with _Blout_, q. v.
BLUNTIE, _s._ A sniveller, a stupid fellow, S.
_Burns._
BLUP, _s._ One who makes a clumsy or awkward appearance; Loth. It is apparently the same with _Flup_, q. v.
_To_ BLUSTER, _v. a._ To disfigure in writing.
V. ~Bludder~, _v._
_Baillie._