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Quotation dates: 1513
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Blout, Blowt, a. [In form corresp. to ON. blaut-r soft, wet, but in sense to the equivalent Du. bloot bare (OE. bléat wretched).] Barren, bare. 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 65.
Woddis, forrestis, with nakyt bewis blowt [Sm. blout] , Stude strippvt of thar weid in euery howt 1513 Ib. xi. xvii. 8.
The banneris left all blowt and desolait 1513 Ib. xiii. vi. 227.
The large planys … Stude blowt [R. blunt] of bestis, and of treys bair
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