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blote

blote verb: to cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

Verb

blote (third-person singular simple present blotes, present participle bloting, simple past and past participle bloted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

Forms of blote

third-person singular presentblotes
present participlebloting
past participlebloted
pastbloted

Questions about blote

What does blote mean?
Blote means to cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.
What part of speech is blote?
Blote is a verb.
What is the past tense of blote?
The past tense of blote is bloted.

Words near blote in the dictionary

  1. blotching
  2. blotchings
  3. blotchless
  4. blotchwork
  5. blotchy
  6. blote
  7. blotes
  8. blother
  9. blothered
  10. blothering
  11. blothers

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