Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 blye. [Still common in eastern and S.E. dial.: perh. a variant of blee; though the phonetic relation is not clear.] ‘Likeness, resemblance’ (Halliw.), look, aspect, species, character.
1615. W. Hull, Mirr. Majestie, 81. The indignities which the tumultuous Iewes wrought against our Lord were of this blye.
1847–78. in Halliwell (as Eastern).
1875. Parrish, Sussex Dial., 19. I see a bly of your father about you.
