Definition of "blate" [blate]

• Bashful, sheepish. (adjective)
• Dull, stupid. (adjective)

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• "But at no time was the genial little poet "blate," as he would himself have said."
• "“By my saul, Steenie, ye are not blate, to say so!” said the king."
• "Wull grips the banners well (that boy isna blate)."