blartv.
/blɑːt/ dialect.
intransitive.
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1. Of sheep and cattle: to bleat, low, bellow. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)
2. Of a child, etc.: to cry, whimper, howl. Also quasi-transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)]
greetc725
weepc900
tearc950
plore1373
beweepc1374
to put one's finger in one's eye1447
waterc1450
lachryme1490
cryc1532
lerma1533
tricklec1540
to water one's plants1542
to show tears1553
shower1597
issuea1616
lachrymate1623
sheda1632
pipe1671
to take a pipe1671
to pipe one's eye (also eyes)?1789
twine1805
to let fall1816
whinnya1825
blub1866
slobber1875
blart1896
skrike1904
water-cart1914
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for [verb (transitive)]
weepa900
greetOE
beweepc1000
begredec1300
overweep1844
blart1896
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
bellowc1000
lowOE
routc1475
boc1487
lout1530
mooc1550
mow1553
booa1555
blart1896
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > wail or howl
theotenc888
yarmc1000
yowla1225
yollc1275
gowlc1300
woulc1340
yawlc1400
howlc1405
yowta1525
whewla1560
exululate1623
to sing port-yowla1693
toot1808
blart1896
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > wail or howl
theotenc1175
wailc1330
to howl out1530
behowl1600
yowl1842
keen1893
blart1896
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 59 Blaat, Blate, To bleat.]
1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 30 Blart, to cry or holloa vociferously.
1898 Eng. Dial. Dict. I. 289/1 He was blartin away for all the world like a babby.
1976 A. Hill Summer's End ii. 30 A very young kid..blarting its eyes out.
1976 A. Hill Summer's End vi. 88 He went home blarting.
Derivatives
ˈblarting n. and adj.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun]
wopOE
reminga1200
weepingc1200
weepc1275
dolec1290
greetinga1300
greeta1325
grota1325
teara1340
tear1377
lachrymation?1530
gree?1567
waterworks1634
pipation1656
fletion1716
piping1779
ploration1828
blarting1898
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]
weepingc900
wopi?c1225
greetingfula1340
greetyc1350
weeplyc1374
weepfula1382
weepinglyc1440
lachrymablec1450
moistc1450
lachrymous1490
rainy1563
tearfula1586
greeting1588
collachrymate1593
crying1594
onion-eyeda1616
maudlinc1616
rheumatica1627
fluxed1628
lachrymalc1630
crystal-droppinga1650
showery1654
lugent1656
Niobean1665
lachrymary1693
lachrymose1727
moist-eyed1797
larmoyant1824
pluviose1824
ploratory1831
lachrymating1837
screwmatic1847
pipy1861
weepy1863
blarting1898
leaky1905
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl
yowlinga1225
yei?a1289
yollinga1300
howling1490
yowl?a1513
yawling1568
blayinga1586
whewling1609
howla1616
vagitusa1651
ululation?1799
gowl1805
waul1856
wow1862
whoo1891
blarting1898
ululance1951
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [adjective] > wail or howl
ululative1490
yawling1568
yowlingc1590
whewling1609
bewailed1624
vagient1629
ululatory1831
ululant1868
blarting1898
waily1906
yarling1911
1898 Eng. Dial. Dict. I. 289/1 Stop that child's blarting.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 186 Other local terms for crying are:..blahing or blarting (Birmingham, Hanley, Wolverhampton).
1977 Punch 31 Aug. 350/1 Real folk singers were great tough hard-handed ploughmen with strong blarting voices that could be heard against the thumping of pewter pots on old oak tables in drunken harvest feasts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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