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There’s liss of it now; an’ maybe I could manage it, iv you’ld only carry the spids, an’ thim other things.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
It isn’t good for min to be alone—much liss for women.
From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington
A youngster did that deed," Fergus continued, "at the close of five years after his birth, when he overthrew the sons of champions and warriors at the very door of their liss and dûn.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph
I'm fifty now, and although I ha' got another fifteen years' work in me, I hope, my bones bean't as liss as they was.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
A liss or rath is a fortified place enclosed by a circular mound or trench, or both.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph
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