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▪ I. blirt, v. north. dial.|blɜːt|
[prob. an onomatopœic word nearly identical with blurt: with the bl-, cf. blow, blast, blash, etc.; with the rest, cf. spirt, squirt, expressing the forcible emission of liquid.]
To burst into tears, weep violently; disfigure with tears.
1721in Kelly Sc. Prov. 397 (Jam.) ‘Ill gar you blirt with both your een.’ 1879Jamieson Sc. Dict., ‘She's a' blirted wi' greeting.’ Fife.
▪ II. blirt, n.
[f. prec.]
1. An outburst of tears, a sudden fit of weeping. (Sc.)
a1796Burns Braw Lads of Gala W. iii, The lassie lost a silken snood, That cost her mony a blirt and bleary.
2. A short dash of rain coming with a gust of wind. (Sc. and Naut.)
1810[see blirty.] 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Blirt, a gust of wind and rain. |