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lea-rig

British  
/ ˈliːˌrɪɡ /

noun

  1. a ridge of unploughed land

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lea-rig

Old English lǣghrycg

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Will ye gang ower the lea-rig, My ain kind dearie, O?

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers

It is founded on an older ditty, beginning, "I'll rowe thee o'er the lea-rig."

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers

There 's walth ower yon green lea-rig, My ain kind dearie, O!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers

Gin ye'll tak heart, and gang wi' me, Mishap will never steer ye, O; Gude luck lies ower the lea-rig, My ain kind dearie, O!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers

Altho’ the night were ne’er sae wild, And I were ne’er sae wearie, O, I’d meet thee on the lea-rig, My ain kind dearie O!

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 Robert Burns

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