Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A local English name of the bleak.
  • noun Same as blae.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A fish. See bleak, n.

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  • noun The bleak (fish).

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Examples

  • a storypook, or a folume of boedry; but a blay is a very different greation. '

    Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray

  • “Aha! thees eies not fair blay, you vant to shvindle your son!” cried the Alsacien.

    Eve and David 2007

  • “Aha! thees eies not fair blay, you vant to shvindle your son!” cried the Alsacien.

    Eve and David 2007

  • Right when I was almost ready to turn off the comments moderation on this here og-blay ...

    More about you-know-what Lisa B. 2006

  • Right when I was almost ready to turn off the comments moderation on this here og-blay ...

    Archive 2006-08-01 Lisa B. 2006

  • I will haf your bromise, your sacred wort of honour, before I will gollaborate again, that you will no more blay with me these farces.

    Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray

  • I can write a blay, ant I can stage id, ant I can baint the scenery for id.

    Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray

  • Here is efery blay-pill that has ever been issued at Her Majesty's Theatre from the time it vas opened until now. '

    Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray

  • I chust blay und blay, und maybe you should listen, yes?

    Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Various

  • And while the people rocked back and forth with laughter, an usher led the excited German out, declaring all the way that "A blay vas a blay, but somedings might be dangerous even in a blay! unt dat ting vat he saw should be stobbed alreaty!"

    Stage Confidences Clara Morris

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  • What a bleak fish.

    December 11, 2013