blaw
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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As Baby at her window stood, And the west-wind saft did blaw, She heard her Johnie's well-kent voice115 Aneath the castle wa'.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
O a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the west, For there Silurian beds abound, The beds that I lo'e best; There's limestone blue, and sandstone too, Wi' slate and shale between.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
When chitterin’ cauld the day sall daw, Loud may your bonny bugles blaw And loud your drums may beat.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
His bagpipes wheeze, an' his ribbons fly; The nor' win' plays wi' his thin white hair, While the pipers blaw wi' an unco' flare.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 by Various
“Oh! were I able to rehearse Scotch oatmeal’s praise in proper verse, I’d blaw it oot as loud and fierce, As piper’s drones could blaw, man.”
From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables
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