ˈblaenessnorth.dial. (Frequent in ME. in the form blonesse.) [f. blae + -ness.] ‘Blae’ quality; lividness as of a wound or stripe. 1382Wyclif Ex. xxi. 25 Wounde for wounde, blones for blones.1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xvii. (1495) 122 Bloones of lyppes.Mod.Sc.The blaeness of his lips.