Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLEETER, Bluiter, v.2 “To obliterate; applied not only to writings, but to any piece of work that is rendered useless in the making of it” (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.2, s.v. bluiter).
[Cf. Bluiter, v.1, 2 (2).]
