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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Blaknit, Blaiknit, ppl. a. [f. Blaken v. Cf. Bleknit.] Blackened. —1513 Doug. iii. i. 122.
The blaiknyt [Sm. bleknyt] cypres dedly bewis Ib. ix. xi. 78. (Also xi. xii. 109.)
A flude … of the blaknyt dedly blude
