lyard
adjective
streaked or spotted with gray or white.
lyart
-
a variation of
lyard.
Example Sentences
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Epistle to Charles Baxter Noo lyart leaves blaw ower the green 265 IV.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
He was once an Elder of the Kirk, and a pious man he was, if ever piety adorned the temples—"the lyart haffets, wearing thin and bare," of a Scottish peasant.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
The virgin blush of lovely youth, The angel smile of artless truth, This breast illumed with heavenly joy, Which lyart time can ne'er destroy.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
The Dinley's snaw was ne'er mair white Than the lyart locks of Harden's hair.'
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
But he’s ta’en aff his gude steel-cap,And thrice he’s waved it in the air—The Dinlay snaw was ne’er mair white,Nor the lyart locks of Harden’s hair.
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
