blither

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Not blither, after showers, the lark

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  • There was not in all Scotland, just then, a blither or happier woman than Bertha Morton. —  Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War
  • Have you a gayer, blither, more youthful scapegrace writing today than Mozart? —  Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
  • Byrhtnoth fought hand to hand with a strong viking, and with yet another, dealing death to both The blither was the earl for that, out laughed the warrior grim Thanked God because of that day's work which God had given to him But the brave man's time was come, and a dart pierced him, and he fell; and as he lay on the ground a young lad, a boy who stood beside him, drew the spear from his lord's body and cast it back to pierce the foe who had sorely hit his lord. —  Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days
  • It is they who gibber and chatter thus at dawn, leaving me with no more self-assurance than a man on ticket-of-leave But as the sun comes up, behold the spirits evaporate, the films pass away from my eyes, and I am lighter, blither, happier, stronger. —  A Tramp's Sketches
  • For an instant they were as completely gone from her mind as if they had never been, and for that instant nowhere did the sun's far-reaching eye rest on a blither or more innocent face. —  Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
 

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  1. Probably blend of blather and dither.
 

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