Lexicographical Neighbors of Theeked
Literary usage of Theeked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Book of Ballads, Old and New by Guido Hermann Stempel (1917)
"BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY 1 0 BESSY Bell and Mary Gray, They war two bonny lasses;
They bigged a bower on yon burn-brae, And theeked it o'er wi' rashes. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Kest. The v. is often used in this sense by itself. A house is said to be ca»t, S.
—" Our minister theeked the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"When my head's down mv house is theeked. When the tod preaches tak tent o' the
lamb?. When thieves reckon, leal fowk comes to their gear. ..."
4. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1875)
"BESSIE BELL AND MARY GRAY. 0 Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, They are twa bonnie
lasses, They bigged a bow'r on yon burn brae. And theeked ..."
5. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch by Charles Mackay (1888)
"When my head's down my house is theeked. When the tod preaches tuk tent o' the
lambs. When thieves reckon, leal fowk comes to their gear. ..."
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