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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
‡LERBLADE, n. Also lair-, -blading. The cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [′lærbled(ɪŋ )]
[The first syllable represents O.N. lær, thigh, the second prob. a variant of Blett, q.v. (with -ing from the suff. art.), from the white patches at the top of the bird's legs. Cf. Lorin.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Lerblade n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 18 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/lerblade>
