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Definition of Bastles
1. bastle [n] - See also: bastle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastles
Literary usage of Bastles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1894)
"Nae bastles or peels Are safe frae thae dells, Gin the collies be oot or the
lairds awae; The bit bairnies an' wives Gang i' dreed o' their lives, ..."
2. A Handbook of Vertebrate Dissection by Henry Newell Martin, William A. Moale (1881)
"found to open into the furthest right subdivision of the ventricle—the cavum
pulmonale. Pass bastles similarly along the aortae ; both will be ..."
3. The Botany of the Eastern Borders: With the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"... bastles,—with fairy traditions and love passages,—with much poetry and
romance,—and with the birthplaces of men who have risen above common humanity. ..."
4. Hours in My Garden, and Other Nature-sketches. by Alexander Hay Japp (1893)
"... ere he's back owre the Border, We'll be het on his trod, an' aye set him in
order. Nae bastles or peels Are safe frae the ..."
5. The History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the by John Hill Burton (1901)
"His castle of Hermitage was as much beyond the strength of the border peel towers
or bastles, as a John of the Parke ..."
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