? Obs. Sc. An entertainment provided upon the birth of a child; the dainties then partaken of.
1681. in R. Law, Mem. (1818), 191 (Jam.). Sabbath days feastings, blythemeats, banquetings.
1823. Galt, Entail, I. xxxiii. 295. I hope, poor thing, she’ll hae an easy time o’t, and that we’ll hae blithes-meat before the sun gangs doun.
