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prettygoodword) wrote2013-11-27 07:08 am
prettygoodword) wrote2013-11-27 07:08 am
blirt
blirt (blert) - n., an outburst of wind, rain, or tears; esp. (naut.) a gust of wind and rain.
So not the squall but a gust thereof. Apparently started as nautical slang, origin unknown, with the tears added by landsmen -- though even in that sense, not exactly common and not included in most recent dictionaries.
---L.
So not the squall but a gust thereof. Apparently started as nautical slang, origin unknown, with the tears added by landsmen -- though even in that sense, not exactly common and not included in most recent dictionaries.
---L.