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blaeberry

[ bley-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

Scot. and North England.
plural blaeberries.


blaeberry

/ ˈɪəɪ /

noun

  1. another name for bilberry bilberry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blaeberry1

1375–1425; late Middle English (north) blaberie. See blae, berry
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blaeberry1

C15: from blae + berry
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Example Sentences

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They included further habitat loss, partly due to sheep and deer grazing on blaeberries, the juicy purple-blue fruit favoured by capercaillie.

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To your right, dimly seen, is the roaring Don, beyond it cliffs and braes, covered with forest and fern, heather and blaeberries.

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A clutch of eggs, honey, delicious mast, God has sent it: Sweet apples, red whortleberries, And blaeberries.

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I left my bairnie lying here, Lying here, lying here; I left my bairnie lying here, To go and gather blaeberries.

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Hint that it is merely the English bilberry or blaeberry, or whortleberry and—but no one dares hint that.

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