hoast

How to use hoast in a sentence

• So he shouted out, "Minister, may a puir body like me noo gie a hoast?"

  Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character | Edward Bannerman Ramsay

• The third part of the hoast went to Meulanc, a verie strong towne compassed about with the riuer of Seine.

  Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (3 of 6): England (2 of 9) | Raphael Holinshed

• Try some o' thae black currants; they're graund for a hoast.

  The Days of Auld Lang Syne | Ian MacLaren

• "Donacha Breck's widow was over before we were up to-day, for something for her hoast," she said.

  Gilian The Dreamer | Neil Munro

• It 's little she says aboot hersel, but she 's hed a hoast (cough) for sax months, an' a' gither her breath 's failin'.

  The Days of Auld Lang Syne | Ian MacLaren