laith
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of laith
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English lath, loth for the adjective; Middle English lath(i)en, loth(i)en for the verb
Example Sentences
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I wad be laith to run an' chase thee, Wi' murderin' pattle!
From A Day with the Poet Burns by Anonymous
"It seems a strange thing to ask a gift again, but I own I am laith to cut another."
From Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Sir Patrick Spens Was nothing laith When as he heard "flim-flam," But syne he's ta'en a silken claith And wiped his diagram.
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
O laith, laith were our gude Scots lords To weet their cork-heeled shoon; But lang ere a' the play was played They wat their hats aboon.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
O our Scots nobles were right laith To weet their cork-heeled shoone; But lang owre a' the play wer play'd, Their hats they swam aboone.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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