Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BLUACHIE, BLUEACHTIE, adj. Bluish. Often in combs. [′bl(j)uəx(t)ɪ̢]Bnff.2 1935:
Also in combs., as bluachie-grey.Abd.(D) 1921 R. L. Cassie Doric Ditties 23:
Blueachtie was his weel-worn smock, Wi' skirps o' clay fell teuch.Abd. 1932 D. Campbell Bamboozled 65:
Ye'll min' aboot Soloman, yon bluachie-slate tam-cat ma mither hed?Ags. 1993 Mary McIntosh in Joy Hendry Chapman 74-5 113:
The veins in hir breist were bluachie agin hir fite skin.
