Blate
bashful; shy.
bleat.
bleat (def 4).
Historical Examples
Robert Falconer George MacDonald
Royal Edinburgh Margaret Oliphant
The Entail John Galt
Scotch Wit and Humor W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
Gilian The Dreamer Neil Munro
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Daniel Turner Holmes
John Splendid Neil Munro
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