blae
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of blae
1150–1200; Middle English (north) bla < Old Norse blā blackish blue; blue
Example Sentences
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According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, firefghters were battling the blae at the corner of Temple and Fremont streets.
From Los Angeles Times
Are ye to eat your meat by the cheeks of a red fire, and think upon this poor sick lad of mine, biting his finger-ends on a blae muir for cauld and hunger?
From Project Gutenberg
The great red face took a blae colour—the tongue protruded from his mouth and the eyes stared wildly.
From Project Gutenberg
There is neither tree nor bush, the sky is grey, the earth buff, the air blae and windy, and clouds of coarse granitic dust sweep across the prairie and smother the settlement.
From Project Gutenberg
Are ye to eat your meat by the cheeks of a red fire, and think upon this poor sick lad of mine, biting his finger ends on a blae muir for cauld and hunger?
From Project Gutenberg
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