Sc. Also blaud. [Possibly the same as prec., or at least from BLAD v.: thus there is also dad vb, to beat, thump, and dad a large piece, a ‘thumping’ piece.] A fragment, portion, piece, bit or lump.
c. 1527. Stewart, Soutars Answ., in Evergreen, I. 121. Grit blads and bitts thou staw [= stole] full oft.
1574. J. Melvill, Autobiog. (1842), 33. He [John Knox] was lyk to ding that pulpit in blads.
1573. in Thomson’s Invent., 187 (Jam.). Take the fyve bladdis of tapestrie.
1785. Burns, 2nd Ep. Lapraik, iv. I’ll write, and that a hearty blaud, This vera night.
1824. Scott, Redgauntlet, xi. Dougal would hear nothing but a blaud of Davie Lindsay.
1842. Blackw. Mag., LI. 181. Dabs of gum, blads of orange, and lumps of putty.
