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: 1530-1590
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Blunt, Blont, v. [ME. blonte (rare), e.m.E. blunte, f. Blunt, adj.] To become or make blunt. —c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 140 b/21.
Thair teith so bawchs and bluntis c1590 J. Stewart 87/266.
Boyling baile his boudin braine had blont
