Lexicographical Neighbors of Haffit
Literary usage of Haffit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland from the Earliest Christian by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross (1896)
"The font has evidently been meant to be placed against a wall, as all its
parts—base, shaft, and capital—abut against a square haffit perfectly plain on the ..."
2. The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop (1868)
"Ye'll gang a grey gate yet. "You will take a bad, evil, or improper course, or
meet an evil destiny."—Jamieson. Ye'll gar him claw a sair haffit. ..."
3. Cabinetwork and Joinery: Comprising Designs and Details of Construction by Paul N Hasluck (1907)
"... SHIP FURNITURE AND FITMENTS i as the bottom rail c, are tenoned to the •hand
haffit ; the muntin D is tenoned ;he bottom rail and top stretcher, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Proverb. HAD-YOR-WHISHT, hold your tongue. Had-yor-gob is the commoner expression.
HAEL [N.], whole. haffit, the side of the head. ..."
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