Obs. exc. dial. [A variant or parallel form of BLARE.] intr. To cry, cry out, weep; of animals, to bleat, bray, bellow.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 40. Bloryyn or wepyn, ploro, fleo.
1865. Cornh. Mag., July, 38. [The peasant] possesses a series of imitative sounds for the cries of various animals…. Cattle are said to ‘blore,’ and sheep ‘rout.’
1877. Peacock, Lincoln. Gloss., Blore, to bellow as oxen do; to cry loudly: commonly used with regard to children.
