Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cease; leave off.
- To put a stop to.
- noun End; cessation.
- A Scotch form of
blind .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To stop; to cease; to desist.
- noun a thin buckwheat pancake made with yeast and usually filled with sour cream and folded over. See also
blini . - noun obsolete Cessation; end.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
cease from. - verb archaic or dialectal To
stop ,desist ; to cease to move, run, flow, etc.,let up . - noun obsolete
cessation ;end
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Hoot toot, Mistress Findlay," interposed Malcolm, as his grandfather strode from the door; "ye maunna forget 'at he's auld an' blin '; an' a 'heelan' fowk's some kittle (touchy) about their legs."
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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"Ah say: 'Boss, de chaih boy's duties, dey's to be dumb, an' deef, an 'blin', an 'dey cain't see nothin', an 'dey cain't say nothin', an 'dey cain't heah nothin', and dey cain't -- '
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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Despite many a restaurant menu in the States, blini is the plural form of blin, the ultra-thin, large pancake.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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When tiny craters begin to appear on the surface, in about 1 minute or less, use a knife to separate the edges of the blin from the pan, then flip the blin.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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When tiny craters begin to appear on the surface, in about 1 minute or less, use a knife to separate the edges of the blin from the pan, then flip the blin.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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Despite many a restaurant menu in the States, blini is the plural form of blin, the ultra-thin, large pancake.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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At NinetyEight, near Old Street in East London, an unassuming blin k-and-you'll-miss-it staircase leads to a basement www.ninetyeight-bar-lounge.com.
Secret Bars Offer Whimsy Galore Jemima Sissons 2010
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Fry the other side for about a minute or less, then move the cooked blin to a plate.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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There ' s also the original 1931 film version of " Berlin Alexanderplatz, " with a screenplay co-written by novelist Alfred D ö blin.
A Roundup of Repertory Film Steve Dollar 2010
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But since you are drinking, most likely you will pick your blin off the communal plate with your fingers, juggle it in the palm of one hand as you ladle in the condiments with the other, and then shovel all of it into your mouth at once.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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