单词 | blirt |
释义 | blirtn. 1. An outburst of tears, a sudden fit of weeping. (Scottish.) ΚΠ 1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 131 The lassie lost a silken snood, That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. 2. A short dash of rain coming with a gust of wind. (Scottish and Nautical.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > sudden flash1653 scat17.. volley1737 blirt1810 flurry1828 brash1849 skift1947 1810 [implied in: R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 16 O poortith is a wintry day! Cheerless, blirtie, cauld, and blae. (at blirty adj.)]. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Blirt, a gust of wind and rain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). blirtv. northern dialect. To burst into tears, weep violently; disfigure with tears. ΚΠ 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 397 I'll gar you blirt with both your Een. 1879 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) ‘She's a' blirted wi' greeting.’ Fife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1788v.1721 |
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