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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Bloted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Bloting

[Cf. Sw.

blöt-fisk

soaked fish, fr.

blöta

to soak. See 1st

To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

[Obs.]

Verb.

[The affinities of this word are not clearly ascertained.]

To dry and smoke; as, to blote herrings.

See also: blote

blöte