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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BLEEZE, Blase, v.¹ Also bleise (Edb. 1796 H. MacNeill Waes o' War 26). Sc. forms of Eng. blaze, v. Also ppl.adj. [bli:z, ble:z Sc.; ble¹:z Ags.]Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 19:
Bit stull an on I'll see,
In my min's benmost neuk, I'll sweir,
Like bleezin cwyles o caal green fire
Yer twaa een glowerin straacht at me. Dundee 1996 Matthew Fitt Pure Radge 8:
an the keeper stauns
at the creel o the goal
glaur on his pus
an his een bleezin
his mooth aa dreh
aff a drooth he canna
shak these days. m.Sc. 1982 Stewart McGavin in Hamish Brown Poems of the Scottish Hills 38:
cannily
the mists smoor
hale mountain waas
turn peerie craigs tae
inaccessible pinnacles
an sheddaes tae
bleezan bogles. m.Sc. 1998 Lillias Forbes Turning a Fresh Eye 18:
They'll aye come for ye, loupin oot their kists
Een bleezin as het coals,
Corbies wi knablick nebs,
Stookie saunts o the kirk,
Queer wizzent carls an quines
An a hail smarrich o Stuarts. w.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 15:
Thae 'blips' hae caused a richt stramash.
Oor motorists are bleezin.Hdg. 1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 6:
Its ancient splendour fled awa, That bleezed sae bright in ilka ha'.wm.Sc. 1995 Alan Warner Morvern Callar 32: 
Youve been on the ran dan you couple of wee tinkers and your mother's up to high doe. Get by the bleezing fire then, yous must be perished the both of yous. Couple of wee monkeys.

Special Sc. usages:

1. “To light up water with torches for the purpose of attracting and spearing salmon” (Ayr. 1934 (per Kcb.⁹)). vbl.n. blaseing.Bnff. 1705 Court Bks. Regality Grant in Bnffsh. Jnl. (1897) (5 Oct.) 2:
3rd Aug. 1705 . . . fined £50 for abusing of the Laird of Grant's curroch fishing upon Spey by their blaseing of the water.Abd.(D) 1920 C. Murray In the Country Places 10:
To bleeze the burn an' spear a fish There's few that hae his skill.Slg. 1845 Stat. Acc.² VIII. 107:
There is still occasionally some blazing in the burns.

2. Phr.: to let bleeze at, to strike.Abd.⁷ 1925:
When one strikes another it may be said that “he leet bleeze at 'im.”Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
He let bleeze at 'is face.