laigh
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of laigh
1325–75; Middle English (Scots). See low 1
Example Sentences
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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
It may do, maun do, Sir, wi' them who Maun please the great-folk for a wame-fou; For me, sae laigh I needna boo For, Lord be thankit!
From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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: Herry the louns o’ the laigh countree, Syne to the Highlands hame to me.
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
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
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