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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blate \blate\ v. to of sheep, goats, or calves.
Syn: bleat, blat, baa, cry plaintively. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blate \blate\ adjective bashful; timid; sheepish; -- chiefly Scottish.
Syn: bashful, timid, sheepish. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blate
adjective: disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; ('blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) [syn: {bashful}]
verb: cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: {bleat}, {blat}, {baa}]
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