licht
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- lichtly adverb
Example Sentences
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I never saw the maitter in that licht before.—Weel,
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
I am mistress o' my ain house," answered his mother, "and I'll gie a licht out o't when I please, and only when I please.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
Do ye imagine that onybody is gaun to gie ye out a licht the first thing on a New-year's morning?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
"I thank ye for your licht, ladie, Sae do I for your coal;10 But there's thrice as fair a ladie as thee Meets me at Brandie's well."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Ah minded the licht o’ them mair than the soun’, which was na great.
From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.
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