† ˈbletchy, a. Obs.
[f. prec. n. + -y.]
Smutted with ‘bletch’; inky, sooty, dirty.
| 1520 Whittinton Vulg. (1527) 25 Thou blurrest and blottest them as thou wert a bletchy sowter [atramentosi sarctoris]. 1633 J. Clark Two-f. Praxis 43. |
† ˈbletchy, a. Obs.
[f. prec. n. + -y.]
Smutted with ‘bletch’; inky, sooty, dirty.
| 1520 Whittinton Vulg. (1527) 25 Thou blurrest and blottest them as thou wert a bletchy sowter [atramentosi sarctoris]. 1633 J. Clark Two-f. Praxis 43. |
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