Lexicographical Neighbors of Bladding
Literary usage of Bladding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"bladding = flapping about. Blade, sb. Strawberries, raspberries, and currants,
are sold by the blade; ie a cabbage-loaf into which a pint or quart, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"It's bladding on o' weet,' the rain is driving on. Blad, a dirty spot on the
cheek, a lump of anything soft ; to blad, to slap, to strike with something ..."
3. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"(4) v. to blow or flap about in the wind, as clothes do when drying on a line.
' The wind would blad the young trees about.' bladding = flapping about. ..."
4. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"(4) v. to blow or flap about in the wind, as clothes do when drying on a line.
' The wind would blad the young trees about.' bladding = flapping about. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"bladding = flapping about. Blade, sb. Strawberries, raspberries, and currants,
are sold by the blade; ie a cabbage-loaf into which a pint or quart, ..."
6. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"It's bladding on o' weet,' the rain is driving on. Blad, a dirty spot on the
cheek, a lump of anything soft ; to blad, to slap, to strike with something ..."
7. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"(4) v. to blow or flap about in the wind, as clothes do when drying on a line.
' The wind would blad the young trees about.' bladding = flapping about. ..."
8. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"(4) v. to blow or flap about in the wind, as clothes do when drying on a line.
' The wind would blad the young trees about.' bladding = flapping about. ..."
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