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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
BLIN-LED, adj. Blindly led.Bnff.2 1935:
Surely he's been blin-led t' gang sae far aff o' the straucht.
Hence blinledness, n., ignorance of whither one goes or is led.Kcb. 1837–1902 J. Heughan in Gallovidian (1913) No. 59, 109:
Oor past mishanters and blinledness plead Wi' thee to come, effect gie to Richt's creed.
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