gowd

[goud]

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. gold.

Example Sentences

Passenger Manas Gowd tells The Associated Press he was looking out the window when the plane lurched back from the gate and he felt a “very unnatural thump.”

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"O I was sworn sae late yestreen, And not by ae aith, but by many; And for a' the gowd in fair Scotland, I dare na take ye through to Annie."

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Never a handfu' missing, tho' the chap he cursed and swore an' took on, the mout ha' been eauts o' gowd!

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I wantnae lands and rents at hame, I'll ask nae gowd frae thee; I am possess'd o' riches great, Hae fifty ploughs and three; Likewise fa's heir to ane estate185 At the foot o' Benachie.

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When Thomas came before the king, He glanced like the fire; His hair was like the threads o' gowd,45 His eyes like crystal clear.

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