anigh
Americanpreposition
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anigh
Example Sentences
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"And mind, Miss Annabel, you are not to go anigh your mamma's room to waken her," she added, looking back dictatorially.
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Then you shall go to him with all your body folded close, And seeming to be dumb, shall stay apart: My dear, at first you shall not go anigh him, But with wanton glances, fair one, shall awaken Love.
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II It stands so lonely in the sky The sparrows never come anigh, The glossy starlings seldom stop To preen and chatter on the top.
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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.
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Ef your barn happens to be on the t'other side from him, hit's the hardest matter in the world to git him to come anigh hit.
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