licht
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There shall never be sic a Baalfire as Jeremy will licht for her—and weel she is deservin' o't.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"It was borne in upon me," said she, "the leddy wadna be lucky, that something would come out o' the giein the licht!"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
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
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
I never saw the maitter in that licht before.—Weel,
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
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