Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLIN, Blind, v.1, intr., pa.t. blan(ne), blindit. To cease, desist, stop. Mostly used in poetry.Sc. 1724 Ramsay T. T. Misc. (1733) 10:
The minstrels they did never blin, Wi' meikle mirth and glee.Sc. 1806 R. Jamieson Popular Ballads I. 98:
And he has reach'd the lady's bower, Afore that e'er he blan.Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm xlii.; Abd.22 1935:
[The water] wimpled, an' waggled, an' sang a screed O' nonsense, an' wadna blin' Wi' its Rin, burnie, rin.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 4:
Ilk bluidy brulziement and battle . . . That never blindit nor did sattle.Ayr. 1846 J. K. Hunter Ballads of Ayrsh. (1847) 30:
Away then went the heir of Linne; I wis, he neither ceas'd ne blanne, Till John o' the Scales house he did winne.
