laigh
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of laigh
1325–75; Middle English (Scots). See low 1
Example Sentences
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The second guide was "laigh down in Borthwick water."
From Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Andrew Lang
It’s a lang, laigh, mirk chalmer, perishin’ cauld in winter, an’ no very dry even in the tap o’ the simmer, for the manse stands near the burn.
From Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson
Ower high, ower laigh, ower het, ower cauld.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Every land has its laigh; every corn has its ain caff.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
He hirpled up by the links and the lane, And chappit laigh in the back-door-stane.
From New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
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