licht
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I am mistress o' my ain house," answered his mother, "and I'll gie a licht out o't when I please, and only when I please.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
“She was awa to meet Sanders the day as he came out o’ the Tilliedrum gaol,” Spens remembered, “and I daresay the licht means they’re hame again.”
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
It was half open, and the moon’s licht danced in on the fleer.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
Oh, black sorrow tak that leddy!" cried Nelly, wringing her hands; "what tempted her to be my first-foot?—or what tempted me to gie her a licht?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
The moon was shining, but no’ very brightly, givin’ a feeble yellow kind o’ a licht through a haze o’ drivin’ clouds.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
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