licht
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“I might licht the lamp, mem,” said Nannie at the door.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
She saw the licht in the window, and she cried, ‘Hie, you billies in the windmill, the sojers is coming!’
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Weel, the first chance I got I asked Robert aboot it, an' he juist laughed an' made licht o't.
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
Really, unco weel! ye've a wonderfu licht foot to hae sic a heavy stern.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
My een lack now their former licht," replied the beadsman, "but if ye, wha are younger, look weel to the east, ye'll see something yonder thicker, I ween, than a munebeam.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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