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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BLOODACH, n. Also blodick. “Buttermilk and meal is sometimes called foorach but more commonly ‘bloodach'” (Abd.⁸ 1917). [′blʌdəx] Bnff. 1946 Abd. Press & Jnl. (21 Sept.):
Blodick was butter milk and meal which had not to be stirred but poked into knots, so that when you supped them the meal was quite dry in the centre.