laigh
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of laigh
1325–75; Middle English (Scots). See low 1
Example Sentences
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If you be angry, sit laigh and mease you.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
I'll ne'er lout sae laigh an' lift sae little.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
He maun lout that has a laigh door.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
They flew laigh and heavy, an’ squawked to ither as they gaed; and it was clear to Mr. Soulis that something had put them frae their ordinar.
From Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson
And a sair grief sitting at my foot, And a sair grief at my head; And dule to lay me my laigh pillows, And teen till I be dead.
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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