blooth

English

Noun

blooth (countable and uncountable, plural blooths)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) a blossom; a bloom
    • Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders:
      All that blooth means heavy autumn work for him and his hands. If no blight happens before the setting the apple yield will be such as we have not had for years.
    • Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:
      'Are you afraid?'
      'Oh no, sir ... not of outdoor things; especially just now when the apple-blooth is falling, and everything is so green.'
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