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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Blade, Blaid, n. Also: blad, blead, bled, blede, bleed, bleid. [ME. blade, blaad(e, blad(de, OE. blæd (pl. bladu).]

1. The blade of a knife, sword, etc. Heft and blade: see Heft n.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xl. 1139.
The blad of a knyfe a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 705.
Burnist bladis of steill c1475 Wall. ii. 131.
Away the blaid it flaw Ib. 405.
The rousty blaid … him claiff 1513 Doug. xii. xii. 89.
This ontraste fals blaid 1611-57 Mure I. 79/561.
In Graecian blood his blaid who oft embrues 1661 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 471.
Thrie scoir twelfe muskits … and ane hundreth and threttie twa ammunitioune blaids 1695 Foulis Acc. Bk. 174.
For a new blaid to my wife's jack the leg knyfe(b) c1590 J. Stewart 240 § 163.
Discord vas stikit vith ane burnist bleed a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxxii. 64.
Baith heft and blead ar in ȝour hand, as ȝit 1625 Garden Kings 52.
He in thair blood thrice boldlie bath'd his bleid (: fled)

2. The leaf of a tree, plant, grass, etc.(a) a1568 Scott xxxv. 13.
He … quhois leif and blaid sall nevir faid 1567 G. Ball. 95.
As the gers that wallowis rute and blaid(b) c1590 J. Stewart 94/543.
As bled of bus 1596 Dalr. I. 39/23.
Amang the smal bledis of the herbe called trifolie 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 96.
The bledis of the corne 1604-31 Craig iii. 16.
These base Nicotian bleads 1629 Boyd Last B. 270.
As the sunne … maketh … the cornes … to shoote vp to the shote bled