Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BLUE-EE, n. = Eng. “black eye”, a bruised or contused eye (ne.Sc., em.Sc. (a) 1975). Obs. in Eng. in 17th c.Sc. 1827 Scott Journal (1894) I. 380:
If Boney succeeds, we will give these affairs a blue eye. Slk. 1893 J. Dalgleish W. Wathershanks 39:
Wi' twae blue een an' his nose peeled! Ags. 1894 J. F. Mills Jamie Donaldson 9:
He cam' back wi' a pair o' blue een an' his face a' bluid. Abd. 1909 J. Tennant Jeannie Jaffray 240:
Twa chiels in han' cuffs, wi' blue e'en an' bleedy noses.
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