"blouster" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblɔustʌr/ (note: Banffshire), /ˈblɔustʌr/ [Orkney], /ˈblustər/ (note: Angus, Southern Mid Scots, Southern Scots), /ˈblistɪr/ (note: Dumfriesshire, Argyll, Roxburghshire), /ˈblystər/ Forms: blousters [plural]
Etymology: Disputed. Blouster suggests a connection with English bluster, which Skeat says is doubtless associated in idea with blast, compare Old Norse blāstr (“blast, breath, swelling”). According to Bense, forms bluist and bluister are of Low German origins. The diphthong /ou/ may be due to the word blout with its kindred meanings Etymology templates: {{cog|non|blāstr||blast, breath, swelling}} Old Norse blāstr (“blast, breath, swelling”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|blousters|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} blouster (plural blousters), {{sco-noun}} blouster (plural blousters)
  1. A violent gust of wind.
    Sense id: en-blouster-sco-noun-e5wQH2kk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bluister, bluester, blowster, blister

Verb

IPA: /ˈblɔustʌr/ (note: Banffshire), /ˈblɔustʌr/ [Orkney], /ˈblustər/ (note: Angus, Southern Mid Scots, Southern Scots), /ˈblistɪr/ (note: Dumfriesshire, Argyll, Roxburghshire), /ˈblystər/ Forms: blousters [present, singular, third-person], blousterin [participle, present], bloustert [past], bloustert [participle, past]
Etymology: Disputed. Blouster suggests a connection with English bluster, which Skeat says is doubtless associated in idea with blast, compare Old Norse blāstr (“blast, breath, swelling”). According to Bense, forms bluist and bluister are of Low German origins. The diphthong /ou/ may be due to the word blout with its kindred meanings Etymology templates: {{cog|non|blāstr||blast, breath, swelling}} Old Norse blāstr (“blast, breath, swelling”) Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|blousters|present participle|blousterin|simple past|bloustert|past participle|bloustert|head=}} blouster (third-person singular simple present blousters, present participle blousterin, simple past bloustert, past participle bloustert), {{sco-verb}} blouster (third-person singular simple present blousters, present participle blousterin, simple past bloustert, past participle bloustert)
  1. To blow violently (of the wind)
    Sense id: en-blouster-sco-verb-d9LAAb7i
  2. To brag or boast; to bluster.
    Sense id: en-blouster-sco-verb-wCDOrxoN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 22 58 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bluister, bluester, blowster, blister Derived forms: blowsterie
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