Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLUBBIT, ppl.adj. Wet or smeared with weeping. Prob. a reduced form of blubber't, from Blubber, v., q.v. Cf. Blab, v.1, (1).Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 124:
O whare hae ye wander'd, my loving young lassie, Your cheeks are sae bleer't, and sae blubbit adown?
