Obs. [f. BLAB sb.2; cf. BLEB, BLOB.] trans. To swell, make swollen (the cheeks). Hence Blabbed ppl. a.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 427. Some of them looke pale, with a paire of flaggie blabd-cheekes.
1719. Ramsay, Content, Wks. 1848, I. 148. [She] Blabs her fair cheeks till she is almost blind. Poor Phillis’ death the briny pearl demands.
