Part 88 (1/2)

_To_ BLIZZEN, _v a_ Drought is said to be _blizzening_, when the wind parches and withers the fruits of the earth, S B

Su G _blas-a_, Germ _blas-en_, A S _blaes-an_, to blow

BLOB, BLAB, _s_ Any thing tumid or circular, S

1 A slobe or bubble of any liquid

_bellenden_

2 A blister, or that rising of the skin which is the effect of a blister or of a stroke, S

_Gl Complaynt_

3 A large gooseberry; so called frolobular form, or from the softness of its skin, S

4 A blot, a spot; as ”a _blab_ of ink,” S denominated perhaps from its circular form

Radically the same ith _Bleib_, q v

BLOBBIT, _part pa_ Blotted, blurred

V ~Blob~

_Acts Ja I_

_To_ BLOCK, _v a_ To plan, to devise

_Baillie_

Teut _block-en_, assiduuastulo; a sense evidently borrowed froins to give it a proper form

BLOIK, BLOK, BLOCK, _s_

1 A scheenerally used in a bad sense

_Douglas_

2 A bargain, an agreement

_Acts Ja VI_

BLOCKER, _s_ A term formerly used in S to denote a broker; q one who plans and accoain