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blate

1   [bleyt]
adjective Chiefly Scot.
bashful; shy.
Origin:
before 1000; Old English blāt livid, pallid, (of a sound) low (not found in ME)

Related forms
blate·ly, adverb
blate·ness, noun

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blate

2   [bleyt] verb, blat·ed, blat·ing, noun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
verb (used without object)
1.
bleat.
noun
2.
bleat (def. 4).
Origin:
1855–60; perhaps dialectal variant of bleat (compare great)
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blate

adjective
1. disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; ('blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) [syn: bashful] 

verb
1. cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: bleat] 
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