blaw
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Oh! wha' does follow the blaw, the blaw?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 by Various
"Its a very strange matter, fair maiden," said he, Aye as the gowans grow gay, 15 "I canna' blaw my horn, but ye call on me," The first morning in May.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Some of the boys Sundays would get hold of that horn, just for the fun of the thing, and blaw it for all it was worth.
From Memoirs of Life and Literature by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
And she made a' its servants her enemies; and think you these good men's prayers were a' to blaw away i' the wind, and be nae mair regarded?
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
I'm a safe carle, and can spae fortunes as well as blaw up thae green bags wi' thriftless wind.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
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