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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLADD, Blaid, n.

1. A very large raindrop. Gen. in pl. Cf. Blaud, v., Blaud, n.², 1, and Blad, n.¹Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
He's [the weather is] layin' bladds upo de windeg [“window”], de same as [“as if”] it wis [“was” = had] been snaw.

2. In pl. “a disease like small-pox” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.).Sc. 1711 Flyting in J. Watson Choice Collection (1869) iii. 13:
With the Blaids and the Belly-thraw. [Occurs in original ed.(a.1585) (S.T.S.), with spelling blads.]