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Definition of Craigie

1. Noun. English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Craigie

Literary usage of Craigie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1905)
"ANDREW Craigie. positive knowledge of his immediate posterity exists. This simple report of tradition has been since adopted as a fact by several local ..."

2. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"Kilgraston was also on the bench, under the title of Lor» Craigie. ... Half a mile south from Perth there is a village of the name of Craigie. ..."

3. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"THOU bonny wood of Craigie lea ! Thou bonny wood of Craigie lea ! Near thee I passed life's early day, And won my Mary's heart ill thee. ..."

4. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1863)
"Charles Craigie of Glendoick, who died unmarried. 2. John Craigie of Glendoick, who was succeeded by his son, Laurence Craigie, Esq., present proprietor, ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"Jock and Mrs. Craigie were at the window, a second story one, criticizing the passers-by ... Mrs. Craigie had left the window, and sat down beside the fire, ..."

6. Literary Pilgrimages in New England to the Homes of Famous Makers of by Edwin Munroe Bacon (1902)
"First coming to the Craigie house. — Madam Craigie. —The upper and lower studies and the work done in them. — The tragedy of the poet's life. ..."

7. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1905)
"ANDREW Craigie. positive knowledge of his immediate posterity exists. This simple report of tradition has been since adopted as a fact by several local ..."

8. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"Kilgraston was also on the bench, under the title of Lor» Craigie. ... Half a mile south from Perth there is a village of the name of Craigie. ..."

9. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"THOU bonny wood of Craigie lea ! Thou bonny wood of Craigie lea ! Near thee I passed life's early day, And won my Mary's heart ill thee. ..."

10. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1863)
"Charles Craigie of Glendoick, who died unmarried. 2. John Craigie of Glendoick, who was succeeded by his son, Laurence Craigie, Esq., present proprietor, ..."

11. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"Jock and Mrs. Craigie were at the window, a second story one, criticizing the passers-by ... Mrs. Craigie had left the window, and sat down beside the fire, ..."

12. Literary Pilgrimages in New England to the Homes of Famous Makers of by Edwin Munroe Bacon (1902)
"First coming to the Craigie house. — Madam Craigie. —The upper and lower studies and the work done in them. — The tragedy of the poet's life. ..."

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