anigh
Americanpreposition
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anigh
Example Sentences
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So far dissension ruled the pair, Each turned on each a frowning air, When flickering from the bank anigh, A flight of martens met their eye.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
"And mind, Miss Annabel, you are not to go anigh your mamma's room to waken her," she added, looking back dictatorially.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
Therewith came on that lonely day That passed him in no other way; And thus six days and nights went by And nothing strange had come anigh.
From The Earthly Paradise A Poem by William Morris
Never but three, or may be fower, have I seen in my time to come anigh to her—man nor woman.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
No, lad, the fat’s in the fire this time, and, may be, I may better help some poor critter away from the place than anigh it.
From The White Squaw by Mayne Reid
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