north. dial. (Frequent in ME. in the form blonesse.) [f. BLAE + -NESS.] ‘Blae’ quality: lividness as of a wound or stripe.
1382. Wyclif, Ex. xxi. 25. Wounde for wounde, blones for blones.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. xvii. (1495), 122. Bloones of lyppes.
Mod. Sc. The blaeness of his lips.
