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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1721-1727, 1788-1879, 1935
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BLUTHER, Bludder, v.1 [′blʌðər, ′blʌdər]
1. “To blot paper in writing, to disfigure any writing” (Sc. 1808 Jam. s.v. bludder).Lnk. 1727 P. Walker Remarkable Passages 57:
Blotted and bluthered with these Right-hand Extreams, and Left-hand Defections.
2. To soil or disfigure the face, eyes, or mouth with tears, blood, etc.Abd.(D) 1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caled. Mag. xiv.:
For bleed frae's mou' and nize did bang, And in braid burns did bludder, His face that day.Ags. 1879 T. Ormond in A. L. Fenton Forfar Poets 142:
Barleycorn, I trow, Has painted pictures on her cheeks, An' bluthered a' her mou.Ags.1 1935Edb. a.1833 J. Ballantine in Whistle-Binkie (2nd Series 1842) 31:
Ye'll ne'er break my heart, nor yet bluther my e'e, Sae lang's ye leave Katie to cuddle wi' me.
ppl.adj. bluther'd.Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems 324:
Thus undone, to London It gade to my Disgrace, Sae pimpin and limpin, In Rags wi' bluther'd Face.
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