different between blake vs blakey

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English blak, blac (“pale”), from Old English bl?c (“pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale; yellow, pink; any non-red warm color”); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; shining”). Compare Scots bleg (“light, drab”). More at bleak.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?k

Adjective

blake (comparative blaker or more blake, superlative blakest or most blake)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, poetic) Pale; wan; sallow; yellow.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): see also Thesaurus:pallid

Etymology 2

From the Middle English bl?ken, the northern reproduction (the form in the south was bl?ken, whence the verb bloke) of the Old English bl?cian (“to become pale”), from bl?c (“shining, white, pale”).

Verb

blake (third-person singular simple present blakes, present participle blaking, simple past and past participle blaked)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pale.

Anagrams

• Balke, Kaleb, bleak

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

blake

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blaken

Anagrams

• balke, kabel

German

Pronunciation

Verb

blake

1. inflection of blaken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Adjective

blake

1. Alternative form of blak

English

Etymology

From Blakey, a brand name of cast-iron shoe protectors invented in 1880 by John Blakey.

Noun

blakey (plural blakeys)

1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.

   Synonym: seg

   • 1943, Raymond Postgate, Somebody at the Door (page 78)

     She wouldn't actually bring the shoes herself, but she would drive down with any complaints or remarks. I was expected to know instantly […] which pair she meant out of a sackful, and be able to suggest rubber heels, or a blakey, or whatever she would like.

Coordinate terms

• hobnail

Anagrams

• Kabyle, bleaky