blaw

[ blaw ]

/ blɔ /

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verb (used with or without object) Scot. and North England.

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If autumn is your ideal season, spice up your repertoire of "fall" vocabulary with this quiz on some warm and vivid descriptive words for the season.

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Which of the following words means “to make a crackling sound; crackle”?

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It was during the honeymoon, as he calls it, that he wrote the beautiful "O a' the airts the wind can blaw."
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X|Various
"Let ilka man blaw his ain parritch," said Seth Jamieson doggedly, coming to a dead stop.
The Mystery of Cloomber|Arthur Conan Doyle
Gien it cam on to snaw and blaw baith, we micht hae ill winnin there!'
Heather and Snow|George MacDonald
These two stanzas were written as a continuation of Burns's popular song, "Of a' the airts the wind can blaw."
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I.|Various

You see, they don't blaw no whissle in Spain when the train goes; an' there was poor Sam left stranded.
The Astonishing History of Troy Town|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch