a. [f. BLEAK a.; cf. chilly, whity, blacky, goody, and similar forms.] Inclining to BLEAK (in senses 2 and 3).
1687. Dryden, Hind & P., III. 612. Bleaky plains, and bare unhospitable ground.
1695. Blackmore, Pr. Arth., IV. 203. Bleaky Continents and frozen Isles.
a. 1701. Sedley, Virgil’s Past., Wks. 1722, I. 313. Ye bleaky Winds! your wonted Rigour spare.
1797. Burns, Death R. Dundas. Lone on the bleaky hills.
