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blate

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

Related forms:
blately, adverb
blateness, noun

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; perh. dial. var. of bleat (cf. 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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