▪ I. blirt, v. north. dial.
(blɜːt)
[prob. an onomatopœic word nearly identical with blurt: with the bl-, cf. blow, blast, blash, etc.; with the rest, cf. spirt, squirt, expressing the forcible emission of liquid.]
To burst into tears, weep violently; disfigure with tears.
| 1721 in Kelly Sc. Prov. 397 (Jam.) ‘Ill gar you blirt with both your een.’ 1879 Jamieson Sc. Dict., ‘She's a' blirted wi' greeting.’ Fife. |
▪ II. blirt, n.
[f. prec.]
1. An outburst of tears, a sudden fit of weeping. (Sc.)
| a 1796 Burns Braw Lads of Gala W. iii, The lassie lost a silken snood, That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. |
2. A short dash of rain coming with a gust of wind. (Sc. and Naut.)
| 1810 [see blirty.] 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Blirt, a gust of wind and rain. |