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Definition of Blype
1. a shred [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blype
Literary usage of Blype
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... 8 py Sone wip glade mode ; blype, moder, ... hou shulde Y blype stonde ?
Y se pin fet, Y se pin honde, Nayled to pe harde tre. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"blype, ». A stroke or blow. " This f,li/i>eo* a fa' was the luckiest thing ...
blype, s. A coat, a shred ; applied to the skin, which is said to come off in ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"Perhaps from Blent, glanced, or from Dan. blund-er, to twinkle, to wink at.
blype, >. A coat ; a shred ; applied to the skin, which is said to come off in ..."
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