Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLAWN, n. “Applied to a preparation of sour milk. More common in Ork. than Cai. In the early days of the herring fishing at Wick the Orkney men used to take with them in their boats a cask of ‘blawn'” (Ork. c.1900 (per Cai.3)).
