Lexicographical Neighbors of Straiks
Literary usage of Straiks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"As I cam on, and further on, And doun and by Harlaw, They fell fu' close on ilka
side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell fu' close on ilka side, ..."
2. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1886)
"As I cam on, and further on, And doun and by Harlaw, They fell fu' close on ilka
side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell fu' close on ilka side, ..."
3. The Ballads of Scotland by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1858)
"As I cam on, and further on, And doun and by Harlaw ; They fell fu' close on ilka
side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell fu' close on ilka side, ..."
4. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1905)
"... the complainer with a drawn sword, " strake out a nomber of straiks at him
... to the effusion of his blood, and gave him manie other straiks with the ..."
5. The Great North of Scotland Railway: A Guide by William Ferguson (1881)
"As I cam* on and further on, And down and by Harlaw, They fell full close on ilka
side, Sic straiks ye never saw. They fell full close on ilka side, ..."
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