¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bleats
1. bleat [v] - See also: bleat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleats
Literary usage of Bleats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1881)
"I am wae For the heart-broken lammie that bleats on the brae. An' I pity't the
mair, for I'm sair vexed mysel', But its no for my mither, tho' her name I'll ..."
2. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"The sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. Bea. 31.
The sheep that bleats is strangled by the wolf. Ital. 32. The sheep that bleats ..."
3. The Nationalist: A Monthly Magazine edited by Henry William Austin, John Storer Cobb (1889)
"Hark, bow he bleats! "Theoretically it is quite possible that towns can make ...
Again he bleats: " I do not assert that our officials would not resist the ..."