licht
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Seven days she tarried there, Saw neither sun nor muin; At length, by a sma' glimmerin' licht, 40 Came thro' the wood her lane.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
We hove the ship to, as they ca't, and fired guns every two or three minutes, in hopes the lads in the boat wad hear; and sair and sadly we langed for the morning licht.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
The gunner's mate ran doun for a blue licht; and, in a minute, it was fizzing awa on the quarter, throwing a bricht glare o' licht a' owre the ship.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
It was half open, and the moon’s licht danced in on the fleer.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
"I hae got some new licht," replied Andrew.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
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