Lexicographical Neighbors of Scouth
Literary usage of Scouth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"An' he get scouth to wield his tree, I fear you'll both be paid. ... By break of
day he seeks the dowie glen, That he may scouth to a' his morning len' ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"An1 he get scouth to wield his tree, I fear you'll both be paid. —Ballad of Robin
Hood. By break of day he seeks the dowie glen, ..."
3. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"And he'll get scouth to wield his tree, I fear you'll both be paid. ... By break
of day he seeks the dowie glen, That he may scouth to a' his morning len'. ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"That's a gude gang for your horse ; he'll have baith scouth and routh" S. ie room
to range, and abundance to eat. ..."
5. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"THE queen of the South. Dumfries is popularly so called. THE rain comes scouth
when the wind's in the south. ..."
6. The Ancient Cornish Drama by Edwin Norris (1859)
"... just as the recent French turns spiritus into esprit;—Cornish kept the simple
vocalic form in iron, torn, scouth, and similar words, where the Welsh ..."
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