laigh
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of laigh
1325–75; Middle English (Scots). See low 1
Example Sentences
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I’ll set me down and sing and spin, While laigh descends the simmer sun, Blest wi’ content, and milk and meal— O leeze me on my spinning-wheel!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Every land has its laigh; every corn has its ain caff.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
He maun lout that has a laigh door.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
"Speak laigh, Jenny—speak laigh, woman," said the laird, in reply to his wife's disloyal remark.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
I'll ne'er lout sae laigh an' lift sae little.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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