a. Obs. rare. [In this and the prec. it looks as if bloat were confounded with blot, and ‘bloated’ taken as ‘disfigured with blotches.’]
1705. Hickeringill, Priest-Cr., II. viii. 76. Dashing out those bloody and bloaty Colours, wherewith Superstition has pourtrayed and arayed him [the Creator].
