laigh
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of laigh
1325–75; Middle English (Scots). See low 1
Example Sentences
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"Without, afore the stair steps, Or laigh on the cawsway stane, And there may lye Sir Dyr�, For ither bed we've nane."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
"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
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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Thro' the Lawlands, o'er the border, Weel, my babie, may thou furder: succeed Herry the louns o' the laigh countree, Harry, rascals, low Syne to the Highlands hame to me.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
Out cam the gudeman, and laigh he louted; Out cam the gudewife, and heigh she shouted; And a the toun-neibours gather’d about it; And there he lay, I trow.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Hardie, Charles Martin
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