Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†BLAFFEN, n. Also blaffer. “The loose flakes or lamina of a stone” (Fif. 1825 Jam.2). Fif. 1829 Caled. Mercury (30 July):
Two quarriers in the parish of Dunfermline were severely bruised by the falling down of some balffer or tender rock. . . . A part of the blaffer stuff had not been removed.
