(blōt) v.t.
1. To cause to swell, as with fluid or gas.
2. To puff up; make proud or vain.
—v.i.
3. To swell; become puffed up.
—noun
1. One who is bloated; a drunkard.
2. An accumulation of gas in the rumen or intestinal tract of an animal brought on by the fermentation of green forage.
—adjective Bloated; puffed; swollen. [ME blout,? <ON blautr soft, soaked]

(blōt) v.t.
To cure, as herring, by half-drying in smoke.
—adjective Smoke-cured: a bloat herring. [ME blote,? <ON blautr soft, soaked]