A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1535-1568, 1623
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Blind, Blynd, n.1 [Du. blind, G. blinde.] A spritsail.1535 Stewart 289.
Tha buklit bowsplatis for to beir the blind 1535 Ib. 683.
Tha salit fast that tyme befoir the wynd With fuksaill, topsaill, manesall, musall, and blynd a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvi. 30.
Haill on the fukscheit and the blind ? 1623 Bannatyne MS 210 b.
Cast lous the fuksheit, the bonnet and the blind