lig
Britishnoun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lig
C20: origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Wee silvery fish, who nobly braves The dangers o’ the ocean waves While monsters from the unknown caves Make thee their prey; Escaping which the human knaves On thee lig way.
From Revised Edition of Poems by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
"My babe as wor born yesterday, deed this mornin'; an' they say t' wife 'ull lig beside it afore night."
From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Wee silvery fish, who nobly braves The dangers o’ the ocean waves, While monsters from the unknown caves Make thee their prey, Escaping which the human knaves On thee lig way.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
He didn't give him a chance to spaik, but set to an' called him ivverything he could lig his tongue to Joa tried to explain matters, but it wor noa use.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
He had 'atteined to grait ritches, conquesit a prettie room within a lig to Geneva, and biggit thairon a trim house called "The Vilet."
From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by Morison, William
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