saft
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"He's but a saft ane; but I fear he'll no hae onything on him this time."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
There never was the solan made that wroucht as that solan wroucht; and it seemed to understand its employ brawly, birzing the saft rope between the neb of it and a crunkled jag o’ stane.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
As Baby at her window stood, And the west-wind saft did blaw, She heard her Johnie's well-kent voice115 Aneath the castle wa'.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Mostly saft an’ gentle an’–um–I wonder–” The sun sank abruptly, and the brief twilight gave place to a night that was little less than day.
From In the Brooding Wild by Ridgwell Cullum
"My maidens, easy wi' my back, And easy wi' my side; O set my saddle saft, Willie,75 I am a tender bride."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
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