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blaw

American  
[blaw] / blɔ /

verb (used with or without object)

Scot. and North England.
  1. blow.


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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

The wind may blaw, the heathen rage, The deil may start on the rampage;— The sick in bed, the thief in cage— What’s a’ to me?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

An’ poor awd men, ’at scarce can blaw, Wi’ beards an’ whiskers white as snaw; Sad sample ov oor fallen race, All rollin up to t’ Steeple Chase.

From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo

Gae hame, gae hame, my seven bauld brothers,145 Gae hame and blaw your horn!

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Wullie's up an' gies them a blaw, a blaw Wi' his sax Scotch pipers an' a', an' a'!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 by Various

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