mistal
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mistal
C17: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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A narrow track led to it, through the gaps, slantwise, from the gate of the mistal.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
In the house behind them, in the mistal and the orchard, in the long marshes of the uplands and on the brooding hills there was stillness and solitude.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
Bet, Lib, and Maudlin hurry and crowd into the mistal unheedingly.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon
And as they turned away Jim's voice thundered after them from his stronghold in the mistal.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
It came booming from the mistal at the back.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
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