hieland
Britishadjective
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a variant of Highland
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characteristic of Highlanders, esp alluding to their supposed gullibility or foolishness in towns or cities
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Out bespak the Earl of Hume, And O but he spak wondrous sorry,—30 "The bonniest lass about a' Glasgow toun, This day is awa wi' a hieland laddie."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Good times wi' you, ye bauld riders, By the hieland and the lee; And by the leeland and by the hieland It's weary times wi' me, my love, It's weary times wi' me.
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III by Algernon Charles Swinburne
When he gied the word, hieland foot was never slow and hieland bluid was never laggin'.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
The cronach's cried on Bennachie, And doun the Don and a', And hieland and lawland may mournfu' be For the sair field of Harlaw.—
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
The cronach's cried on Bennachie, And doun the Don and a', And hieland and lawland may mournfu' be For the sair field of Harlaw.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
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