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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1535-1590, 1657-1662
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Blekit, Blekkit, ppl. a. Also: bleckit, blecked. [p.p. of Blek v.] Blackened. Also fig. 1535 Stewart 15797.
Auerice … causit him to be baith blind and blekit 1551 Hamilton Catechism 120.
Na thing … quhilk is blekkit or fylit 1551 Ib. 122.
Gif thai see thair face blekkit 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 287 b.
Thrie ellis of blekit blak clayth 1590 Lanark B. Rec. 96.
Lang slevis of blekit blak 1662 Edinburgh Testaments LXX. 274.
lx bollis … of good cleine quheitt with thrie bollis … of bleckit quheitt a1658 Durham Blessedness Death (1682) 51.
To goe with a blecked face & a stoped mouth to the throne of grace
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