Lexicographical Neighbors of Downa
Literary usage of Downa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... for I downa speak out an' ye hae writing materials in your hands—they're a
scaur to unlearned folk like me." Antiquary, iii. 187, It is observed by one ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"He danc'd wi' Jeanie on the down, S. There was a lass t downa [cannot]. when I downa
... An' downa be disputed : A Dream. 4. They downa bide the stink o' ..."
3. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett, John Elton (1899)
"There were two sisters went a playing, With a hie downe, downe a downa, To see
their father's ships a sayling, With a hie downe, downe a downa. ..."
4. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Teachers' Association, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1878)
""I readily and truly grant He downa see a poor man want." Ded. to O. Hamilton.
" But facts are chiels that winna ding An1 downa be disputed." A Dream. ..."
5. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"It denotes Inability to endure, la whatever sense. " He downa be contradicted,"
he cannot bear contra* diction. ..."
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