Lexicographical Neighbors of Ainsells
Literary usage of Ainsells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
""They are wonderfu' surprised,—to see no crowd gathering, b'mna a wheen o' the
town's bairns, that had come out to look at their ainsells." Reg. Dalton, i. ..."
2. The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop (1868)
"Ye suld munt up a muckle square of canvass, like Dick Tinto, and paint folk's
ainsells, that they like muckle better to see than ony craig in ..."
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