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blate
1[ bleyt ]
adjective
, Chiefly Scot.
- bashful; shy.
blate
2[ bleyt ]
verb (used without object)
, blat·ed, blat·ing.
noun
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Other Words From
- blately adverb
- blateness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blate1
before 1000; Old English blāt livid, pallid, (of a sound) low (not found in ME)
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Example Sentences
We're no blate at askin' the lawin', although some folk are unco' slow at payin' o't. It's just four-and-six.
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"You're too blate, Colin," he said, and then he put his arm through his wife's and gave her a squeeze to take her into his joke.
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He's 'no blate,' as they used to say in Scotland, and made himself quite at home to-night.
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But I dinna ken the way ot, father; I neer did sic a thing a my days; odd, Im unco blate to tryt.
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But the compliment is like the chariot-wheels o Pharaoh, sae dreigh o drawing, that I canna afford to be blate wi you ony langer.
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