He brags and he blaws o' his siller, [money] But when will he dance like Tam Glen?
He brags and he blaws o' his siller, But when will he dance like Tam Glen?
Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west, The drift is driving sairly; Sae loud and shill I hear the blast, I'm sure it's winter fairly.
O bitter blaws the e'enin' blast When bitter bites the frost, And in the mirk and dreary drift The hills and glens are lost.
The wind blaws cold and stour; The night will be baith mirk and late, Before ye reach her bower.
On Keilder-side the wind blaws wide: There sounds nae hunting horn That rings sae sweet as the winds that beat Round banks where Tyne is born.
III The elfin-knight sits on yon hill, He blaws his horn baith loud and shrill.
VI ‘O stay at home, my son Willie, The wind blaws cauld an’ sour; The nicht will be baith mirk and late Before ye reach her bour.
IV He blaws it east, heblaws it west, He blaws it where he lyketh best.
In winter, when the wind and rain Blaws o'er the house and byre, He sits beside a clean hearth-stane, Before a rousing fire.
He brags and he blaws o' his siller, But when will he dance like Tam Glen!
He blaws it east, he blaws it west, He blaws it where he liketh best.
As Peter remarked gravely, "it's an ill wund that blawsnaebody guid!
I was ower stoot for't ance, but it's an ill wund that blaws nae guid.
It blaws to nae purpose, my young leddy, when it blawson an honest man like me.
Below's my mither's hoosie sma', The smiddy by the byre Whaur aye my feyther dings awa' And my brither blaws the fire.
The soughing o' the springtide breeze Abune her heid blaws sweet, There's nests amang the kirkyaird trees And gowans at her feet.
In, in, out and in, Blaws the wind and whirls the whin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "blaws" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
