Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To babble or prate about.
- Pale; ghastly.
- Dull; spiritless; stupid.
- Blunt; curt.
- Bashful; diffident.
- Naked; bare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective bashful; timid; sheepish; -- chiefly Scottish.
- verb to of sheep, goats, or calves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Scotland, Northern England
Bashful ,sheepish . - adjective Scotland, Northern England
Dull ,stupid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cry plaintively
- adjective disposed to avoid notice
Etymologies
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Examples
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But at no time was the genial little poet "blate," as he would himself have said.
Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets George Reid 1862
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“By my saul, Steenie, ye are not blate, to say so!” said the king.
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Wull grips the banners well (that boy isna blate).
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I like you little over-blate, Gilian, but I like you less over-bold.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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"Faith, and you are _not_ blate," said she whimsically, but indifferent to remove herself from a grasp so innocent.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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But, blate [22] an 'laithfu', [23] scarce can weel behave;
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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"He will be a little blate for such a namely man," said Margaret, but I could see there was a glow of pleasure over her.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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"That's not so blate, John Hielan'man!" said she again to herself.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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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.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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But blate [323-29] and laithfu ', [323-30] scarce can weel behave;
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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